{"id":24963,"date":"2017-10-03T08:46:14","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T08:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=24963"},"modified":"2017-10-03T08:46:14","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T08:46:14","slug":"holy-land-church-saint-stephen-desecrated-acn-malta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2017\/10\/03\/holy-land-church-saint-stephen-desecrated-acn-malta\/","title":{"rendered":"HOLY LAND- Church of Saint Stephen desecrated &#8211; ACN Malta"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h3><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">HOLY LAND<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Church of Saint Stephen desecrated<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem has condemned the desecration of the Church of St. Stephen by unknown perpetrators. The church is located within the convent of Bet Jemal in western Jerusalem.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The patriarch said that on September 20, rioters had broken open the doors of the church and destroyed a statue of the Virgin Mary. They struck the windows of the church, on which various scenes of the life of Jesus were depicted, and smashed several consoles and chairs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Monsignor Giacinto Boulos Marcuzzo, Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem and Patriarchal Vicar for Israel, visited the desecrated church. He said, &#8220;This is not just an act of vandalism, but an act of the sacredness of the holy places and the faith of the people.&#8221; He added:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0&#8220;In the Holy Land, there is deep faith and culture. We must live with the differences of faith, and it is absolutely necessary that we accept others, that we accept everyone in their diversity.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem not only condemned this attack but also explained the need for education &#8220;to respect the religious and cultural differences of men&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It is not the first time that the Salesian monastery of Bet Jemal, which\u00a0 St Stephen church is part of, \u00a0was attacked In December 2015 intruders destroyed several crosses and defiled tombstones of the monastery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>ACN Malta <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HOLY LAND Church of Saint Stephen desecrated \u00a0 The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem has condemned the desecration of the Church of St. Stephen by unknown perpetrators. 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