Some of the statues that were destroyed in São Mateus church in the town of São Mateus do Sul in Paraná state in southern Brazil, Oct 10, 2022. One or more unidentified individuals entered and desecrated a Catholic church in Brazil, destroying all 28 statues of saints, to the pain and outrage of the faithful.
“Our statues were broken, but our faith is firm,” said the pastor of the parish, Fr José Carlos Emanoel dos Santos, at an Oct 11 press conference.The priest stressed that “evangelical brothers” also sent notes repudiating the vandalism, “something that we also appreciate.” “It seemed that we were at war to see everything destroyed. The images refer us to something greater, to something of heaven. When the people saw them broken, the feeling was of very great pain, horrific,” lamented the priest.
This, he said, leads “to division that only makes evil grow, that separates the people, that does not allow dialogue, teaching us to see in those who think differently from us an enemy that must be combated at all costs.”
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