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Leaders of desecrated Catholic school urge prayer for perpetrators after Mary statue, tabernacle destroyed

Catholic school vandalized as religious statues smashed and tabernacle destroyed. Justice Department launches civil rights investigation into the attack.

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Vandals trash Long Beach Catholic school, destroy Virgin Mary statue

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Long Beach vandals decapitate Virgin Mary statue in attack on Catholic school: cops

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Long Beach Catholic school was vandalized and ransacked, police say. 'Statues were smashed'

Vandals broke into a Catholic school in Long Beach overnight Monday, stealing church items, damaging statues and tossing the tabernacle to the ground, according to police and school officials.

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Vandals trash Catholic school in Southern California, deface Virgin Mary and tabernacle

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Catholic school in Long Beach severely vandalized; Community suffers $100,000 in damages

National Catholic Register

Mayor Defends Saints’ Statues on Public Safety Building, Accuses Opponents of Anti-Catholic Bias

But critics of the planned statues of St. Michael and St. Florian say they impermissibly favor Catholicism over other religions. (L-R) Statues of St. Florian and St. Michael are planned for the 120,000-square-foot public safety building of Quincy, Mass.

Catholic News Agency

Crown restored to Marian statue at Michigan parish after missing for 44 years

Susan Kraus got goosebumps when she discovered a decorative crown adorned with 12 stars in the basement of St. Hyacinth Parish in Detroit. The treasured piece of local Church history at the east-side Detroit parish was once considered a long-lost piece of ...

The Patriot Ledger

South Shore clergy don't want mayor's saint statues. Two nuns even signed the letter

Quincy faith leaders oppose the placement of two 10-foot Catholic saint statues on the new public safety headquarters façade. The $850,000 statues of St. Michael and St. Florian are seen as by some faith leaders as favoring Catholicism and displaying ...