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  1. 4 days ago · Flag desecration. Flag desecration is the desecration of a flag, violation of flag protocol, or various acts that intentionally destroy, damage, or mutilate a flag in public. In the case of a national flag, such action is often intended to make a political point against a country or its policies.

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › PersecutionPersecution - Wikipedia

    2 days ago · The article criminalizes certain acts "committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack". These include: (h) Persecution against any identifiable group or collectivity on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious, gender.

  3. Jul 18, 2024 · Although services were interrupted for three years by Antiochus IV Epiphanes (167–164 bce) and although the Roman general Pompey (106–48 bce) desecrated the Temple in 63 bce, Herod lavished great expense in rebuilding it.

  4. Jul 7, 2024 · How seriously does the Church take the consecration of sacred places for the right and fitting worship of God? A clear indication is given when those places are desecrated. Severe consequences follow. Consider the following from recent months.

  5. 9 hours ago · The grave of His Holiness Patriarch Neofit of Bulgaria was desecrated recently for the second time since his repose on March 13. The Bulgarian Patriarchate reports: An unknown person has desecrated the mother-of-pearl icon of the Resurrection of Christ, placed on the cross at the grave of the late Patriarch Neofit of Bulgaria and Metropolitan ...

  6. 2 days ago · In the 1st century AD it was taken up by the authors of the gospels in the context of the Roman destruction of Jerusalem and the temple in the year 70, [2] with the Gospel of Mark placing the "abomination of desolation" into a speech by Jesus concerning the Second Coming. [3]

  7. Jul 8, 2024 · Two years ago, statues of St. Junípero Serra were desecrated and toppled within the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone did not cower amid the furor.