{"id":27787,"date":"2025-02-08T02:00:06","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T02:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/learn\/man-attacks-high-altar-of-st-peters-basilica-at-the-vatican\/"},"modified":"2025-02-08T02:00:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T02:00:06","slug":"man-attacks-high-altar-of-st-peters-basilica-at-the-vatican","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/man-attacks-high-altar-of-st-peters-basilica-at-the-vatican\/","title":{"rendered":"Uomo attacca l'altare maggiore della Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>[ad_1] Bernini\u2019s famous baldacchino in St. Peter\u2019s Basilica. \/ Credit: Ricardo Andr\u00c3\u00a9 Frantz\/Wikipedia\/CC BY-SA 3.0 ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 7, 2025 \/ 18:20 pm (CNA). A man desecrated the main altar of St. Peter\u2019s Basilica in the Vatican by climbing on top of it and throwing six candelabras that were on the altar to the ground, according to the Italian news agency ANSA.After throwing the candelabras, the man began to remove the altar cloth, as can be seen in a\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\/it\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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A man desecrated the main altar of St. Peter\u2019s Basilica in the Vatican by climbing on top of it and throwing six candelabras that were on the altar to the ground, according to the Italian news agency ANSA.After throwing the candelabras, the man began to remove the altar cloth, as can be seen in a\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-27787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28288,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/why-the-church-has-celebrated-the-chair-of-st-peter-feast-for-1600-years\/","url_meta":{"origin":27787,"position":0},"title":"Why the Church has celebrated the Chair of St. Peter feast for 1,600 years","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Febbraio 23, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] Altar of the Chair in St. Peter&#039;s Basilica, where Bernini&#039;s gorgeous bronze monument to the Chair of Peter acts as a massive bronze reliquary for the historic wooden chair. \/ Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Feb 22, 2025 \/ 11:00 am (CNA). 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