Friday 15 January 2010

Do You Think It Might Have Been Muslims?



Zenit reports on vandalisation at Fatima...

The church of the Holy Trinity and four statues at the shrine of Our Lady of Fatima were vandalized early Sunday morning. In a press release Monday, officials from the shrine announced that in the early hours of Sunday morning, four statutes on the sides of the church as well as the church itself were painted with graffiti.

In the John Paul II Plaza, statutes of Popes John Paul II and Paul VI were painted. In the Pius XII Plaza, statues of Pope Pius XII and Bishop José Alves Correia da Silva were painted. The graffiti includes the words "Islam," "moon," "sun," "Muslim" and "mosque."

According to the statement from shrine officials, "the difficult work of cleaning" is under way. The communiqué added: "In reporting what has happened and without knowing who has done this, the shrine [officials] confirm [our] sadness and assure that the issue has been reported to the police."

2 comments:

On the side of the angels said...

...sounds more like someone from the 'what if we just said wait?' brigade...

Crux Fidelis said...

It may well have been. It could also have been someone trying to stir up a bit of sectarian aggro. God rot them whoever they are.

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