Vandals have stolen a cross from the Catholic church in the Holy Land built on the site where tradition holds that Jesus performed the miracle of multiplying five loaves and two fishes to feed 5,000 people. Israeli police are investigating the theft of a six inch iron cross from the Church of the Multiplication of Loaves and Fishes in Tabgha, AFP reported Aug. 21. The cross had been embedded in an outdoor altar made of volcanic basalt rock that was used for Catholic Masses offered along the shores of the Sea of Galilee where the church is located. Georg Roewekamp, a representative of the German Association of the Holy Land (DVHL) which owns the church property, called the theft an “anti-Christian” act. “Because the cross was fixed very well in the basalt stone, it was removed but it was not by coincidence,” Roewekamp told AFP. This is not the first act of vandalism against the Church of the Multiplication of Loaves and Fishes in recent years.
Vandals steal cross from altar of Catholic church in the Holy Land – Catholic World Report
Vandals steal cross from altar of Catholic church in the Holy Land – Catholic World Report
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