Posted on 02/08/2025 12:21:43 AM PST by Morgana
People have been left outraged after a video of a Romanian man breaking into and ransacking one of the Vatican's holiest sites has emerged online.
The footage, which has been circulated across social media, shows the unidentified vandal viciously kicking six golden candelabras from the altar of St Peter's Basilica yesterday evening.
The shameless yob continued his rampage beneath the Baldachin canopy, stamping across the pristine white linen before pulling the cloth across.
Vatican city tourists watched on in horror as the man desecrated the place of worship as security staff rushed to apprehend him before he caused anymore possible damage.
The altar is considered one of the holiest sites in Christianity having been built above the tomb of Saint Peter, who in the religion's tradition was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ.
It is covered by the 29-metre Baldachin, comprising four bronze columns and a canopy by Italian sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
As the clip continues to gain traction online, many angered onlookers have slammed the vandal as 'disgusting' for damaging the holy place of worship .
'This is disgusted,' wrote one viewer, whilst another penned: 'May god forgive him.'
'There is no more respect,' said a person, with a fourth adding: 'It's not about religion, it's the artistic heritage of humanity, you [are] absolutely despicable.'
'It's the gesture that worries, not the damage,' one pointed out, as a concerned viewer chimed in: 'Historical works of inestimable value.'
'Father forgive them, for they know not what they do,' one quipped.
One impassioned onlooker wrote: 'I am not Catholic and I was overwhelmed with reverence in St. Peter's Basilica.
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Entering into the Vatican, one is literally awestruck by
the sheer genius of the art and artists on display there.
I remember when they damaged the Pieta and was there when it was roped off and unavailable for viewing.
these freaks once feared a punch to the face...
At least he wasn’t stampeding cattle.
Sudden Jihad Syndrome?
Diversity is our strength!
Plus, the fact that the ten thousand items on display are only a small amount of the quantity of works in their possession.
Underground there are tens of thousands of other pieces not on display.
I was there last October.
A three hour your just doesn’t do the place justice.
FYI, the Pieta on display that day at the entrance to St Peters was a copy.
The original was being worked on somewhere to be ready for the Jubilee this year.
By the way, where were the Swiss Mercenary Guards when this guy was creating a scene worth filming?
Bad case of TDS!
DISGUSTING!
The Baldachino is a beautiful piece of art, one of my favorites.
Thou shalt have no false gods - it’s beautiful art and it’s a crime to destroy it, but something that’s truly holy cannot be desecrated - and there’s nothing holy about artwork...
“He cut down cedars, or perhaps took a cypress or oak. He let it grow among the trees of the forest, or planted a pine, and the rain made it grow. It is used as fuel for burning; some of it he takes and warms himself, he kindles a fire and bakes bread. But he also fashions a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.”
The Vatican is destroying the church more than any imported vandal.
Kinky...
I was there in 1984. The Pieta had a plexiglass shield in front of it covered in spit.
Who would attack such a work of art? Only someone who is bats, I think. Unfortunately, such odd birds do exist…
Siri tells me that 0.4% of Romanians are Muslim. So this perpetrator has a non-Islamic cause for his behavior, or he is not originally a Romanian.
Another iconoclast.
How Protestant.
Maybe you ought to look up the parts of the Bible where God tells the Jews how to decorate the temple and the Ark of the Covenant and then curse images.
For a group that screams Sola Scriptura y’all sure don’t read much.
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