Posted on 08/11/2016 3:06:36 AM PDT by Morgana
Authorities are tightening security at the famous French pilgrimage site of Lourdes over fears it could be a major target for terrorists after a spate of Islamist attacks across the country.
Tens of thousands of pilgrims are expected to descend on the site on the feast of the Assumption next Monday for Mass and a procession.
Security has been high after a series of terror attacks culminating in the brutal murder of a Catholic priest by two Islamists last month, but authorities have decided to allow the pilgrimage to continue as usual.
Béatrice Lagarde, prefect of the Haute-Pyrénées region, told Europe1 radio: “The choice was made to not ban the event, nor the procession or the rituals that go with the pilgrimage, because it is the right of the faithful to access Lourdes.”
She added, however, that “everything will be done to secure the place”.
Several events have been changed, such as the procession which will only take place within a security cordon. The secure area will be accessible only through three gates, with pilgrims subject to security checks and bag searches.
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An attack on a place like Lourdes would be a whole new ball game.
It would make clear to the world who the evil one represents...
No one would do a damn thing about it except express shock. Then business as usual.
Just the kind of place the subhumans would like to hit. Why they must be wiped from the face of the earth.
Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for them.
I am beginning to wonder if that is true. The murder of a priest while he was saying Mass did not really cause any backlash, apparently.
That sissy so represents Europe today!
If it happens,Mecca should be destroyed. An eye for an eye!!!!
It would be difficult to pull off..Lourdes is a very remote place up in the Mountains..on the other hand if all you do all day long is think of new ways to murder people then I guess you could just get on a tourist bus
France is already turning into a dhimmi state, cowing to the filthy mohammadens instead of crushing the jihadists.
“If it happens,Mecca should be destroyed. An eye for an eye!!!!”
AMEN AMEN
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