Crucifix in Managua cathedral torched in ‘hatred of the Church’ vaticannews.va
The Catholic community in Nicaragua is left deeply wounded after a man destroys a crucifix in Managua’s cathedral with a petrol bomb.
Cardinal Leopoldo José Brenes, Archbishop of Managua, has described an attack on the city’s Catholic cathedral as “an act of terrorism”.
Witnesses say a hooded man entered the Chapel of the Blood of Christ on Friday and threw a Molotov cocktail.
The petrol bomb started a fire that engulfed a 400-year-old crucifix housed in the chapel.
The blaze was brought under control fairly quickly, and no one was injured.
But the attack has left a deep wound on Nicaragua’s Catholic community…
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