The following comes from a June 25 CBS Los Angeles story:
Police were asking for the public’s help last week to identify who broke the head off a statue of the Virgin Mary and damaged the face of a Jesus Christ statue at a Catholic church in Palm Springs.
Officers responded to a report early this morning of vandalism at the Our Lady of Solitude Church located along the 100 block of West Alejo Road, according to Palm Springs Police Sgt. Paul Abshire.
An investigation found that someone damaged the two concrete statues near the front of the church sometime between 8:30 p.m. Wednesday and 7 a.m. June 25, Abshire said.
It was not immediately clear what was used to cause the estimated $2,000 worth of damage, said Abshire.
The incident marked the second vandalism attack in a month at the church after two plaster statues in a different location at Our Lady of Solitude were also damaged.
[Editor’s note] These attacks are much more frequent than you might think:
Jun 07, 2012 – Cemetery break-ins in Martinez on the rise.
The true evil
May 10, 2012 – Santa Cruz church defaced, Serra baptismal font broken.
What the vandals vandalized
Apr 06, 2012 – San Francisco archdiocese responds to Occupy movement’s brief takeover of archdiocesan buildings
Mar 27, 2012 – Vandals deface statue in front of chapel dedicated to celebrating traditional Latin Mass.
Feb 27, 2012 – Vandals spray ‘satanic symbols,’ deface statues at Union City parish.
$5000 in damages for $39 worth of copper
Aug 31, 2011 – Antioch parish hit by thieves again, latest in statewide crime wave against Catholic institutions.
“A rude and crude message”
Apr 26, 2011 – Another Catholic church victimized by crime, vandals spray paint graffiti on walls of St. Barbara Parish at Mission Santa Barbara.
“Very definitely a deliberate act”
Apr 19, 2011 – Suspicious fire destroys Hacienda Heights church, latest in series of crimes against Catholic parishes in CA.
Same hate, different church
Jan 17, 2011 – Vandals spray-paint “Kill the Cathlics” at second parish, latest in series of crimes against Catholic churches in California.
“Easy target”
Jan 10, 2011 – Glendale parish repeated victim of ‘poor box’ thief; latest in series of crimes against Catholic churches.
Anti-Catholic crime wave
Nov 18, 2010 – Church in Woodland targeted again by thieves, while parishes elsewhere in California continue to be victims of vandalism and theft.
Parish hit again
Oct 20, 2010 – In latest in series of crimes against Catholic churches across CA, Modesto parish suffers another break-in.
“They came for our ladies”
Sep 07, 2010 – Modesto church latest victim of sacrilege, vandalism.
The anti-Christian actions are on the rise, and will continue until God is welcome in our nation again. We can thank our agnostic, arrogant, narcissistic, and cynical leaders for the moral less and valueless citizens and immigrants we have. We have them in all places like white collared types steeling workers income and standard of living by excessive taxes, and the brutal actions of thugs and gangs in our society hurting young and old. It is getting to me no one is safe anymore, and the liberals are to blind to see the havoc they done! Actually I don’t think they are blind, rather they are doing exactly what they plan to do, destroy our nation by evil transformation.
Church attacks go in phases, and we are definitely seeing an upwelling of them now. I was mortified by the second burning of a black church yesterday. The same church was burned in the 90s by the KKK.
There is no excuse for these attacks. Let’s hope they die out soon.
The blind commenting on the blind: “Church attacks go in phases.” = So do the downfalls of civilizations.
“There is no excuse for these attacks. Let’s hope they die out soon. I was mortified by the second burning of a black church yesterday.” = While YFC attacks the Catholic Church and rejoices about his own burning down of morality and civilization, he duplicitously claims to be mortified by the evil actions of other destructive thieves.
It was the 7th church in the south that is used by primarily African American worshippers to have a fire since the shooting at AME in Charlotte. It appears to have been accidental.
3 of the 7 are believed to be arson. Damage varies
Also, Santa Sophia in Spring Valley was torched toward the end of 2013. I have personally encountered teens riding through our parish and urinating on the building. Despite semi-frequent police patrols, we have had groups of people coming by late at night to harass our pastor and Sisters, smashing up bottles and trashing the place. Thankfully, no break-ins yet.
https://www.catholicapologetics.info/catholicteaching/privaterevelation/fatima.htm
Fatima; The 5 Sins Against the Immaculate Heart of Mary by Guido Del Rose
Mr. Guido Del Rose was the official escort for the U. S. National Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima, touring the United States and promoting the message of Fatima.
“Openly destroying and desecrating holy images of Mary is Satan’s old trick, a positive sign of his weakness concerning these faithful offspring of hers. When all else fails, he resorts to tactics of shock, fear, and intimidation, indirect attacks, proving his inability to make a successful frontal assault against them.
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continued: “Wise in his evil ways, the devil knows that he cannot besiege them directly, for they are specially protected by the Immaculate Heart and remain beyond his power to win them over to his camp. Not able to tempt or dissuade them from their loyal service to their Mother, he must, at the minimum, cause them to reduce their activity in her behalf and then, much later, further induce them to abandon the battle altogether. ”
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continued: He (the father of lies) would cow them, jolt them into a state of near-paralysis, and sow the seeds of doubt in their hearts. The lives of the great saints reveal this strategy on his part. How often he has used blasphemies, loud cursing, hideous visions, false apparitions, physical violence, and other similar deceitful methods to weaken these “strong ones”, Mary’s true channels of grace! The fifth sin is meant to dislodge these stubborn and valiant workers of hers.”
IS this so surprising? We have an increasingly hostile secular society now. Vandalism and hatred towards anything that smacks of G_d and religion is tolerated and accepted.