Posted on 07/15/2022 6:26:12 PM PDT by marshmallow
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 10, 2022 / 21:37 pm The pastor of a Catholic parish in Bethesda, Maryland, gave a powerful testimony Sunday hours after his church was set on fire, telling the congregation, "We are the Church. We are the living stones."
St. Jane Frances de Chantal Parish was the most heavily damaged of three Bethesda churches hit by vandalism over the weekend. A video posted on the parish's YouTube channel appears to show flames near the church's tabernacle. Authorities believe the incidents are connected.
A fire at North Bethesda United Methodist Church early Saturday morning caused minor damage and headstones were damaged at nearby Wildwood Baptist Church, the Washington Post reported.
A fire was reported early Sunday morning inside St. Jane Frances de Chantal, located about a mile from the Methodist church, authorities said. Because of the heavy damage, Sunday Masses were moved to the parish school’s gymnasium.
Father Samuel Giese, the pastor, spoke about the attack at the start of the parish’s live-streamed 10 a.m. Sunday Mass.
“Last night our church was vandalized. People broke in. They overturned statues. They tore down the Stations of the Cross. They desecrated the tabernacle, and they tried to set the church on fire,” he said.
“I believe that this is because of the Church's stand on the issue of life — when it begins and that it should be protected — and that this is one of the manifestations of the deep divisions right now within our country, that there are those who believe that we do not have even the right to practice our faith.”
Giese went on to say that the church is more than a building.
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Stand up to tyranny instead of coddling libtards else get out of the business 🤪
“ A fire at North Bethesda United Methodist Church early Saturday morning”
Libtards are too stupid to know that’s a fag church 🤪
Sounds like an extra naughty hate crime to me
Evil Satan loving Rats.
They still haven’t figured that out yet, have they?🙄
Good advice.
In the movie The Loved One the Jonathon Winters character advised the young man "I suggest you consider getting into non-sectarian ministry. There's a lot of money in it."
Satan and the Dems on the move.
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