{"id":2221,"date":"2007-04-04T09:19:06","date_gmt":"2007-04-04T09:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2007\/04\/cathedral-defaced.html"},"modified":"2007-04-04T09:19:06","modified_gmt":"2007-04-04T09:19:06","slug":"cathedral-defaced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2007\/04\/cathedral-defaced.html","title":{"rendered":"Cathedral defaced"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Genoa:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Vandals have defaced the cathedral of Genoa, Italy, in an apparent retaliation after Archbishop Angelo Bagnasco spoke out forcefully against same-sex unions. <\/p>\n

The words "Bagnasco shame" were spray-painted across the main entrance to the cathedral of St. Lawrence in Genoa. The words appeared shortly after Archbishop Bagnasco, the president of the Italian bishops’ conference, issued a statement opposing the legal recognition of civil unions, and saying that the government’s failure to enforce moral norms regarding marriage could open the way to all kinds of perverse relationships. <\/p>\n

Police in Genoa told reporters that Archbishop Bagnasco was being accompanied by an armed guard because of concerns about his security raised by the incident. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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