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Bishop Hilario González García, of Saltillo in the Mexican border state of Coahuila, has announced the automatic excommunication (latae sententiae) of the one or more thieves who broke into a Catholic church and stole and desecrated the Eucharist.
The incident occurred the morning of Nov. 25 at Sacred Heart of Jesus Chapel, part of Our Lady of Schoenstatt parish located on the outskirts of the city.
“As the front door was forced open, and also the tabernacle, the ciborium with the Blessed Sacrament was wrongfully stolen,” read the statement signed by Bishop González.
The prelate declared the act as “a violation of the sacred place [the chapel] and a sacrilege against the sacred Eucharistic species; therefore, whoever perpetrated it, if he is Catholic, has committed a crime against the sacraments.”
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The incident occurred the morning of Nov. 25 at Sacred Heart of Jesus Chapel, part of Our Lady of Schoenstatt parish located on the outskirts of the city.
“As the front door was forced open, and also the tabernacle, the ciborium with the Blessed Sacrament was wrongfully stolen,” read the statement signed by Bishop González.
The prelate declared the act as “a violation of the sacred place [the chapel] and a sacrilege against the sacred Eucharistic species; therefore, whoever perpetrated it, if he is Catholic, has committed a crime against the sacraments.”
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Mexican Bishop: Thief Who Stole Eucharist Is Excommunicated
The incident occurred the morning of Nov. 25 at Sacred Heart of Jesus Chapel, part of Our Lady of Schoenstatt parish located on the outskirts of Saltillo in the Mexican border state of Coahuila.
