{"id":4615,"date":"2006-02-14T09:46:24","date_gmt":"2006-02-14T09:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/02\/desecration.html"},"modified":"2006-02-14T09:46:24","modified_gmt":"2006-02-14T09:46:24","slug":"desecration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/02\/desecration.html","title":{"rendered":"Desecration"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is rather startling: Widespread desecrations prompt church closings in Mexico:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Incidents involving desecration have prompted the Diocese of La Paz, in Baja California, to close 200 chapels and churches to visits until March. <\/p>\n

Masses will be still allowed during this time, Bishop Miguel \u00c1ngel Alba D\u00edaz said in a communiqu\u00e9 issue over the weekend. <\/p>\n

The statement came in the wake of the desecrations at the Cathedral of La Paz, the Shrine of Guadalupe and two parishes of the municipality of Comondu. <\/p>\n

The chapels and churches will be closed to visits by the faithful, and bells will be silenced. <\/p>\n

"On March 3, the diocesan churches and chapels will be reopened for prayer and visits by the faithful," said Bishop Alba D\u00edaz as quoted in the newspaper Milenio. <\/p>\n

"We decree that every Friday, until March 3, a Mass be celebrated in the cathedral and a holy hour held in reparation for all the sins committed in the diocese against the holy Eucharist," he said. <\/p>\n

The theft of sacred objects and those of worship, as well as of sacred art, is taking place in La Paz in broad daylight. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I’d like to know more about this. If anyone has links, pass them on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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