[11th_VA]

Reading elsewhere it's not considered a hate crime

[BenLurkin]

How could it not be?

[BarbM]

From what I know, one is not too smart when he desecrates the Blessed Mother.

It’s sort of like a toddler biting his mother.

[Red Badger]

If they are so proud of their dirty deeds why do they wear masks?................

[Vision]

A composite photo shows damage to a statue of Our Lady of Fatima that stands with the three shepherd children near the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington Dec. 8. The hands and nose of the statue of Mary were cut off and the cross on her crown was broken off. Shrine officials said that around 10:45 p.m. Dec. 5, the perpetrator got to the statue by climbing a locked fence that surrounds a rosary walk and garden that includes the statue. (CNS composite; photos by Tyler Orsburn)

Muslims?

[nickcarraway]

Did it only make the Catholic media?

[PGR88]

Just a sign of the trials that await Washington DC and America.

[higgmeister]

I'm not Catholic so this isn't an article of faith for me, but this is, even so, a vile aberration.   It hurts my heart to even think about it.

[BrexitBen]

What is it about crucifixes that the far-left hates so much ?

Hmmmm.....

[MplsSteve]

“In all cases, we must reach out to the perpetrators with prayer and forgiveness,” said Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York...

That makes the priest a much better man than I am.

If it were up to me, I’d have beaten the living tar out of him and dumped him off somewhere way out in the sticks with no ID and no money and made him walk home.

[stanne]

The national cathedral doesn’t have a freaking night watchman? They pay defense attorneys how much? And they can’t protect this image of the Blessed mother
The patron of the US, the Immaculate Conception. These are
Statements I put in envelopes and place in the collection basket on Sundays

I am outraged that the national shrine cannot protect this.

[The Louiswu]

It’s a statue, a piece of stone, the heart of Mother Mary does not reside in a piece of rock and destroying that statue won’t alter her massive spirit. While it’s a shame someone is so lost as to feel the need to act out in such a way it only underscores the need for love, forgiveness and prayer.

Hail Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death Amen

[bgill]

Anyone surprised? Anyone? Anyone?

[jmaroneps37]

satan doesn’t just want their soul. He wants them to be useful to him until he gets them into the eternal fire with him.

[Highest Authority]

When the time comes, payback will truly be a bitch!

[CatHerd]

Sad and sick.

These attacks on Catholic statues and churches have been ongoing for years and years, but really ramped up starting last year with BLM protests and antifa antics.

The guy who defaced a beautiful marble statue of the Blessed Mother with the Christ child in my hometown in 2004 was reportedly a paranoid schizophrenic hearing voices. (Mary’s face was hacked up her, baby Jesus decapitated and his little arms hacked off.)

Police said they were “investigating” whether the vandalism of the statue of the Blessed Mother (decapitated, head stolen) at a Chattanooga parish last summer was a “hate crime” but I can’t find any news of an arrest, so they probably never found the culprit(s).

[traderrob6]

“Reading elsewhere it’s not considered a hate crime...”

And the rationale for that position?

[GreyFriar]

I saw the video and the criminal was very health conscious as he wore an anti-Wuhan virus mask to prevent getting any Wuhan virus germs on the statute and thus risk it getting sick.

[meowmeow]

I’m not Catholic but I’m thinking God is not going to be so gracious with someone dissing His mom...

[SVTCobra03]

Did the miracle of Our Lady at Fatima really occur?

https://www.neverthirsty.org/bible-qa/qa-archives/question/did-the-miracle-of-our-lady-at-fatima-really-occur/

[Albion Wilde]