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fromLos Angeles Times
8 hours ago

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. Holy Innocents School posted on Facebook that the school's church hall was broken into and destroyed. "Statues were smashed. Our sound system was ripped out. Sacred and valuable items were thrown about and damaged - as if the goal was destruction itself," according to the post.
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fromFast Company
9 months ago

The kerning on the pope's tomb is a travesty

Pope Francis's tomb, meant to symbolize humility, suffers from awkward engraving that sparked online criticism.
The poor kerning on his tomb highlights the need for quality craftsmanship in sacred spaces.
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