A statue of Jesus Christ was decapitated and knocked off a pedestal at a Catholic church in Florida, another in a string of similar incidents nationwide. Edivaldo da Silva, a parish priest of three years at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Southwest Miami-Dade, discovered the desecrated depiction of Christ July 15. "Archbishop Thomas Wenski is requesting this investigation be considered a hate crime," Mary Ross Agosta, director of communications for the Archdiocese of Miami told Fox News. Police said Shields told them he was on a mission and was opposed to the Catholic Church. PASTOR SLAMS CNN, DON LEMON FOR CLAIMING JESUS WASN’T PERFECT: ‘UNCONTESTED CHAMPIONS OF FAKE NEWS’A 249-year-old Catholic church in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles caught fire Saturday morning.

Source: Fox News July 16, 2020 18:16 UTC