That’s the last time I stand next to a church.
I used to go to this church when I was in high school!
What’s a precious relic? Not trying to demean anybody’s church - it’s a serious question.
Actually, this is extremely interesting since I’m writing a book about the church burnings in Norway in the early nineties. I had a pretty good overview of the investigation at that time, and still have a ton of logs of the online/hidden antics of the burners.
Lately, there have been calls from the atheists for church burnings to start again. It would fit right in the bigger picture.
I meant that tongue in cheek.
As a Catholic, I don’t like to see this.
From what I have heard (second hand) the priest that was treated at the scene had gone into the church to rescue the consecrated Hosts, the Tabernacle and the processional Crucifix.