Catholic church, chapel desecrated within a week in Rome

 Human feces were found in San Nicola di Bari Church and in a chapel at Rome's busiest train station in November. 

Antonino Cambria

ROME (LifeSiteNews) — A Catholic church and a chapel at Rome’s busiest train station were recently desecrated within a week of one another, with an act of reparation being performed in one and the other being closed after the sacrilege.

On November 25, human feces were found at various parts of San Nicola di Bari Church (St. Nicholas of Bari) in Ostia, including the altar, per the Diocese of Rome. Cardinal Vicar Baldassare Reina, the vicar general of the Diocese of Rome; Bishop Monsignor Renato Tarantelli Baccari, auxiliary bishop of the Southern sector; and the parish priest celebrated a Solemn Mass of reparation at the church on December 1.

Just days after the first desecration, urine and human excrement were also found in multiple corners of a Catholic chapel, including the altar, at the Termini Railway Station, Rome’s main train station, which frequently draws Catholic pilgrims traveling to the Eternal City, according to Italian media. After this desecration, the chapel was temporarily closed, but enough faithful volunteered to watch it, allowing it to reopen.

“San Nicola di Bari … was shaken by a very serious and unspeakable sacrilegious act that occurred this afternoon … inside the sacred building,” a diocesan statement on the desecration at St. Nicholas Church said. “Unknown vandals entered the church making a gesture of profound desecration: human excrement was found in several places in the building, including the altar, a place reserved for the Eucharistic Sacrifice.”

After the desecration, while the church remained open to the public, Masses were temporarily celebrated at a nearby church until the December 1 Mass of reparation,during which the altar and walls were purified.

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