{"id":101970,"date":"2026-08-03T18:52:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T18:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=101970"},"modified":"2026-08-03T18:52:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T18:52:06","slug":"bartek-krakowiak-from-professed-convert-to-troubled-vandal-at-medjugorje","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/bartek-krakowiak-from-professed-convert-to-troubled-vandal-at-medjugorje\/","title":{"rendered":"Bartek Krakowiak: From professed convert to troubled vandal at Medjugorje"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Following the recent vandalism at the famous Marian shrine of Medjugorje in Bosnia and Herzegovina, authorities arrested alleged perpetrator Bart\u0142omiej W\u0142odzimierz Krakowiak, a 31-year-old Polish national with a troubled past.Krakowiak was apprehended in the village of Cerno, near Ljubu\u0161ki, shortly after the incident on July 28. A local man, Ivan Vu\u010di\u0107, recognized and detained him before handing him over to the authorities. Bosnian judicial authorities have charged him with damaging or destroying religious property. He could face a prison sentence\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\/es\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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He could face a prison sentence\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-101970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":101179,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/vandals-deface-our-lady-statues-set-fire-to-altar-at-medjugorje-shrine\/","url_meta":{"origin":101970,"position":0},"title":"Vandals deface Our Lady statues, set fire to altar at Medjugorje shrine","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"agosto 2, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Vandals desecrated two statues of Our Lady and set fire to the outdoor altar of St. James Church at the Medjugorje shrine in Bosnia and Herzegovina early Tuesday, July 28, days before the shrine\u2019s annual Mladifest youth festival.The statue of Our Lady on Podbrdo, or Apparition Hill, was doused with black paint across the face, chest, and dress, with the words \u201cDevil in a skirt\u201d scrawled on its pedestal, local media reported. 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The desecration occurred in\u00a0broad daylight.\u00a0 On the exterior wall of the\u00a0Sudan Evangelical Presbyterian Church, they\u00a0painted\u00a0the Islamic Shahadah: \u201cThere is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is his messenger.\u201d\u00a0Alongside\u00a0this\u00a0is\u00a0the\u00a0Quranic verse \u201cThere is no God but He, the Lord of the Honorable Throne.\u201d\u00a0Painted on\u00a0the Orthodox Church were the words, \u201cAllah is eternal.\u201d\u00a0 These\u00a0churches\u00a0are casualties of the war between the\u00a0Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF)\u2026","rel":"","context":"En \u00abChristian News\u00bb","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":20075,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/pope-st-leo-the-great\/","url_meta":{"origin":101970,"position":3},"title":"Pope St. Leo the Great","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"noviembre 10, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] Pope St. Leo the Great Feast date: Nov 10 Nov. 10 is the Roman Catholic Church\u2019s liturgical memorial of the fifth-century Pope Saint Leo I, known as \"St. Leo the Great,\u201d whose involvement in the fourth ecumenical council helped prevent the spread of error on Christ's divine and human natures. 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