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pnwmom

(108,995 posts)
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 01:40 AM Jan 2019

In Bridgeport, CT a swastika was painted on doors of a Catholic cathedral.

http://connecticut.news12.com/story/39733640/police-find-swastika-painted-on-doors-of-bridgeport-church


Police say the swastika was found on the doors of St. Augustine's Cathedral. Police say when they went up to the doors the paint was still tacky.

Police tell News 12 the surrounding buildings have surveillance cameras and hope the footage will help with their investigation.


https://www.ncronline.org/news/quick-reads/police-investigate-swastika-painting-vandalism-bridgeport-cathedral

In a statement issued later that day, Caggiano said: "I am appalled and outraged by this act of vandalism against the mother church of our diocese and this brazen and disgusting display of anti-Semitism, which is morally abhorrent and an affront to our Catholic faith."

He added, "I am deeply disturbed and outraged that someone would violate the sanctity of our church."

Caggiano also reached out to Jews in the Bridgeport area. "My thoughts and prayers are with our Jewish brothers and sisters in the city of Bridgeport and beyond," he said. "We stand with you and condemn every form of anti-Semitism, racism, and bigotry wherever it may be found."
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In Bridgeport, CT a swastika was painted on doors of a Catholic cathedral. (Original Post) pnwmom Jan 2019 OP
Lotta ways to 'take that' afa a 'message' goes ... mr_lebowski Jan 2019 #1
Not sure what you're getting at, but Hitler killed millions of Polish Catholics pnwmom Jan 2019 #2
ANNNND a lot of people (CT'ers) claim that the Pope at the time collaborated with the Nazi's ... mr_lebowski Jan 2019 #3
 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
1. Lotta ways to 'take that' afa a 'message' goes ...
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 01:42 AM
Jan 2019

Not saying I condone it no matter what the intent was, but ... hard to know the actual intent is all I'm saying. Esp. given the fact that people who spray paint churches are almost always f***ing morons to begin with.

pnwmom

(108,995 posts)
2. Not sure what you're getting at, but Hitler killed millions of Polish Catholics
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 01:47 AM
Jan 2019

in addition to 90% of Polish Jews.

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
3. ANNNND a lot of people (CT'ers) claim that the Pope at the time collaborated with the Nazi's ...
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 02:38 AM
Jan 2019

And there's probably even more weird theories I'm not even aware of ...

Plus, pretty much everybody who spray-paint's churches ... are f***ing idiots to begin with

So ... there you have it ... hard to know 'the point' ...

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