Islam in Italy Muslim persecution of Christians

ITALY: N.AFRICAN MUSLIMS DESECRATE CATHOLIC CHURCH……..

 

North African Muslim attacks 17th century Crucifix

The history on the Church can be read here.

The edifice is popular as the seat of the cult of Saint Lucy of Syracuse, whose remains are housed inside.
[…]The church is object of pilgrimages and wide devotion for the presence of the relics of Saint Lucy, which were carried here in 1861 when the nearby church dedicated to her was demolished. In 1955 Angelo Roncalli, future Pope John XXIII and then Patriarch of Venice, had a silver mask put on the saint’s face to protect it from dust.
The saint’s body was stolen on July 7, 1981, but was restored in December of the same year without any ransom.

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