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Heartbeat of Miami, a faith-based nonprofit ministry that offers life-affirming services to women and couples facing unplanned pregnancies, has “reached a favorable settlement” with the vandals, according to a June 28 press release.
Built in the Byzantine Revival style evocative of the soaring Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, the Toronto church was known for its soaring architecture and its lavish interior.
Father Furlow reminded the assembly of Jesus’ command to 'pray for those who persecute you.'
Video footage shows a man calmly approach and remove the Marian statue, which normally sits in front of the building’s entrance
Archbishop Naumann stressed that this latest attack does not deter the Church’s pro-life mission — or its support of the pro-life amendment.
49 headstones were overturned during the act of vandalism.
Incidents include arson, the destruction of statues, and the defacement of church buildings and gravestones with swastikas and anti-Catholic language.
The incidents come shortly after the discovery of the remains of 215 indigenous children in unmarked graves at the Kamloops Indian Residential School.
Parishes in Woodland and Rancho Cordova are the latest victims of anti-Catholic violence and vandalism.
A spokesperson for the diocese told local media that the diocese would be praying for the person who committed the vandalism, hoping that he or she would “someday have an encounter with the face of Christ themselves.”
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