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Desecrations Prompt Church Closings in Mexico
http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=84426
Blessed Sacrament and Sacred Vessels Stolen in La Paz
LA PAZ, Mexico, FEB. 13, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Incidents involving desecration have prompted the Diocese of La Paz, in Baja California, to close 200
chapels and churches to visits until March.
Masses will be still allowed during this time, Bishop Miguel ?ngel Alba D?az said in a communiqu? issue over the weekend.
The statement came in the wake of the desecrations at the Cathedral of La Paz, the Shrine of Guadalupe and two parishes of the municipality of
Comondu.
The chapels and churches will be closed to visits by the faithful, and bells will be silenced.
"On March 3, the diocesan churches and chapels will be reopened for prayer and visits by the faithful," said Bishop Alba D?az as quoted in the
newspaper Milenio.
"We decree that every Friday, until March 3, a Mass be celebrated in the cathedral and a holy hour held in reparation for all the sins committed in
the diocese against the holy Eucharist," he said.
The theft of sacred objects and those of worship, as well as of sacred art, is taking place in La Paz in broad daylight.
Within the past week, the tabernacle of the cathedral was stolen, as well as a chalice and the Blessed Sacrament.
"This sacrilege is a grave sin," the bishop said in his statement. "If it was committed by Catholics, canon law sanctions it with punishments reserved
to the Apostolic See, and if it was committed by non-Catholics, in addition to being a serious crime, it represents a strong and painful offense to
what is most sacred of our beliefs.
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Bruce R Leech
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that is just about as low as a person can get. but I think they will be even lower soon as they just bought a one way ticket to HELL
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Maybe the Muslims are rampant in Baja now....
Then again they'd be burning down the churches not stealing goods.
Don\'t get mad...
Get EVEN.
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Seems like a very dangerous thing to do in a Catholic country. If the locals would catch you,they'll won't very likely turn you over to the fuzz.
They'll probably string you up on the spot.
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bajalera
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The Diocese of La Paz has 200 chapels and churches? Somebody tell me where.
\"Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest never happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.\" -
Mark Twain
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Bruce R Leech
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The Diocese of La Paz has 6 In Mulege
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