{"id":66766,"date":"2025-11-05T00:42:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T00:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=66766"},"modified":"2025-11-05T00:42:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T00:42:21","slug":"judge-rules-against-saints-statues-on-massachusetts-government-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/judge-rules-against-saints-statues-on-massachusetts-government-building\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0642\u0627\u0636\u064d \u064a\u062d\u0643\u0645 \u0636\u062f \u062a\u0645\u0627\u062b\u064a\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u062f\u064a\u0633\u064a\u0646 \u0641\u064a \u0645\u0628\u0646\u0649 \u062d\u0643\u0648\u0645\u064a \u0641\u064a \u0645\u0627\u0633\u0627\u062a\u0634\u0648\u0633\u062a\u0633"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Statues of St. Florian (at left) and St. Michael the Archangel (at right) are currently barred from appearing on the planned public safety building of Quincy, Massachusetts. \/ Credit: Courtesy of Office of Mayor Thomas Koch Boston, Massachusetts, Oct 16, 2025 \/ 12:18 pm (CNA). A Massachusetts trial court judge has issued an order blocking the installation of statues of two Catholic saints on a new public safety building in the city of Quincy, setting up a likely appeal that\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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A Massachusetts trial court judge has issued an order blocking the installation of statues of two Catholic saints on a new public safety building in the city of Quincy, setting up a likely appeal that\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":68369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-66766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":102419,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/massachusetts-high-court-rules-against-saints-statues\/","url_meta":{"origin":66766,"position":0},"title":"Massachusetts high court rules against saints statues","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"\u0623\u063a\u0633\u0637\u0633 31, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Two statues of Catholic saints will remain off of a Massachusetts city\u2019s new public safety building for the foreseeable future now that the state\u2019s highest court has upheld a lower court order prohibiting them from being erected.The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled Thursday that the $850,000, 10-foot-tall bronze statues of St. Michael and St. Florian are so closely allied with Catholicism that putting them on a public building would amount to \u201cgovernment preferential treatment of a particular religion,\u201d thus violating\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u0641\u064a &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":56373,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/photos-invisible-sword-of-st-michael-guides-pilgrims-to-these-7-sacred-sites\/","url_meta":{"origin":66766,"position":1},"title":"PHOTOS: Invisible \u2018sword\u2019 of St. Michael guides pilgrims to these 7 sacred sites","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"\u0623\u0643\u062a\u0648\u0628\u0631 7, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"A view from an upper window of Sacra di San Michele, Italy, July 2025. \/ Credit: Emma Silvestri Paris, France, Jul 12, 2025 \/ 06:00 am (CNA). 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The consecration will take place during the 20th diocesan pilgrimage with a Mass celebrated by Bishop Sergio de Deus Borges at Our Lady of Guadalupe Cathedral.The consecration of Brazilian dioceses to St. Michael the Archangel is part of the \u201cGreat Reconquest\u201d initiative promoted by the Hesed Institute, a religious\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u0641\u064a &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":65077,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/michael-gabriel-and-raphael-the-3-great-archangels-of-the-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":66766,"position":4},"title":"Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael: The 3 great archangels of the Bible","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"\u0623\u0643\u062a\u0648\u0628\u0631 4, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"A stained-glass window in St. Sulpice Church in Fougeres, France, depicts (from left to right) the archangels Michael, Raphael, and Gabriel. \/ Credit: Tiberiu Stan\/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Sep 29, 2025 \/ 04:00 am (CNA). 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