Vatican altar ransacked by masked vandal in front of Catholic pilgrims
The man tried to rip off the cloth, as well as kicking down antique candelabra worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.
La Croix1d
Man vandalizes High Altar of St. Peter’s Basilica
A man climbed onto the altar of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican February 7 knocking over several candelabras before being ...
Man ransacks altar at St. Peter’s Basilica, knocking over candelabra worth thousands of dollars
A man has caused minor damage at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican after jumping onto the main altar and knocking over 19th ...
The Tablet5d
Where Christianity and Islam met at the altar
New research has found a church in medieval Italy whose high altar was surrounded by a vast Islamic tent. How did it get ...
Phys.org on MSN10d
‘Altar tent’ discovery puts Islamic art at the heart of medieval Christianity
A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to ...
Catholic News Agency3d
Man attacks high altar of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican
A man desecrated the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica on Friday by climbing on top of it and throwing six candelabras that ...
National Catholic Register4d
Man Attacks High Altar of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican
In 2023 a similar incident was recorded when a man climbed the high altar and undressed, after which he was also arrested. The Code of Canon Law, the law that regulates the Catholic Church ...