{"id":57905,"date":"2025-07-25T07:19:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T07:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=57905"},"modified":"2025-07-25T07:19:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T07:19:50","slug":"fbi-investigates-vandalism-incident-at-pennsylvania-catholic-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/fbi-investigates-vandalism-incident-at-pennsylvania-catholic-church\/","title":{"rendered":"L'FBI indaga su un atto di vandalismo in una chiesa cattolica della Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 100%; margin-bottom: 25px;\">\n  <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/images\/f-percent-20-percent-20p-percent-20blocked.jpeg?ssl=1\" style=\"display: block; margin: auto; max-width: 100%\" \/><br \/>\n  <span style=\"text-align: right; font-style: italic;\">Propriet\u00e0 della chiesa vandalizzata presso la chiesa di Sant'Elisabetta d'Ungheria a Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania, nella diocesi di Pittsburgh, domenica 19 luglio 2025. \/ Crediti: Foto per gentile concessione della diocesi di Pittsburgh<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>Redazione CNA, 22 lug 2025 \/ 12:32 (CNA).<\/p>\n<p>Agenti federali stanno indagando su un atto di vandalismo presso una chiesa nella diocesi di Pittsburgh, secondo quanto riferito dal vescovo Mark Eckman.<\/p>\n<p>Eckman said in <a href=\"https:\/\/diopitt.org\/news\/statement-from-bishop-mark-eckman\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">una dichiarazione del 19 luglio<\/a> che la chiesa di Sant'Elisabetta d'Ungheria a Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania, era stata profanata con \u201cmessaggi anticattolici e antisemiti\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Il vandalismo \u201cha ferito non solo i fedeli di questa parrocchia, ma ogni membro della nostra famiglia diocesana\u201d, ha detto il vescovo.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cQuesto luogo sacro, destinato alla preghiera, alla comunit\u00e0 e alla presenza misericordiosa di Dio, \u00e8 stato violato in modo profondamente doloroso\u201d, ha aggiunto.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gli agenti del Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) sono a capo delle indagini sull'incidente, ha affermato il vescovo.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Luned\u00ec la diocesi ha diffuso <a href=\"https:\/\/diopitt.org\/news\/diocese-releases-photos-of-vandalism-at-saint-elizabeth-of-hungary-church-to-assist-investigation\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">foto del vandalismo<\/a> \u201ccon la speranza che ci\u00f2 spinga qualcuno nella comunit\u00e0 a farsi avanti con informazioni che possano aiutare gli investigatori a identificare i responsabili\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"mx-auto\" style=\"width:100%\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/admin.catholicnewsagency.com\/images\/graffiti-percent-201.jpeg?quality=80&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"img-fluid\" style=\"null\" alt=\"Propriet\u00e0 della chiesa vandalizzata presso la chiesa di Sant&#039;Elisabetta d&#039;Ungheria a Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania, nella diocesi di Pittsburgh, domenica 19 luglio 2025. Crediti: Foto per gentile concessione della diocesi di Pittsburgh\"><figcaption class=\"caption text-muted\">Propriet\u00e0 della chiesa vandalizzata presso la chiesa di Sant'Elisabetta d'Ungheria a Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania, nella diocesi di Pittsburgh, domenica 19 luglio 2025. Crediti: Foto per gentile concessione della diocesi di Pittsburgh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Le immagini mostrano una statua della Vergine Maria imbrattata con una stella di David, oltre a una porta segnata da graffiti e un muro imbrattato con volgarit\u00e0 e una svastica.<\/p>\n<p>La diocesi \u00e8 \u201caddolorata per questo atto odioso\u201d, ha detto Eckman luned\u00ec, aggiungendo di aver esortato i fedeli a \u201c[pregare] per il conforto e la pace\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Bradford Arick, portavoce dell'ufficio locale dell'FBI di Pittsburgh, ha confermato marted\u00ec alla CNA che l'agenzia \u201c\u00e8 stata informata del vandalismo segnalato e sta indagando\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Il Family Research Council <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/257001\/uptick-in-attacks-on-catholic-parishes-reveals-hostility-to-faith-religious-liberty\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">ha affermato in un rapporto l'anno scorso<\/a> che il vandalismo contro le chiese \u2014 specialmente i luoghi di culto cattolici \u2014 \u00e8 aumentato significativamente negli Stati Uniti dal 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Arielle Del Turco, direttrice del Center for Religious Liberty del gruppo, ha dichiarato l'anno scorso che \u201cla nostra cultura sta dimostrando un crescente disprezzo per il cristianesimo e per i valori cristiani fondamentali, e gli atti di ostilit\u00e0 contro le chiese potrebbero essere una manifestazione fisica di tutto ci\u00f2\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"float-right ml-2\" style=\"width:100%\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/admin.catholicnewsagency.com\/images\/door-percent-20photo-percent-20-percent-20p-percent-20blocked.jpeg?quality=80&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"img-fluid\" style=\"null\" alt=\"Propriet\u00e0 della chiesa vandalizzata presso la chiesa di Sant&#039;Elisabetta d&#039;Ungheria a Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania, nella diocesi di Pittsburgh, domenica 19 luglio 2025. Crediti: Foto per gentile concessione della diocesi di Pittsburgh\"><figcaption class=\"caption text-muted\">Propriet\u00e0 della chiesa vandalizzata presso la chiesa di Sant'Elisabetta d'Ungheria a Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania, nella diocesi di Pittsburgh, domenica 19 luglio 2025. Crediti: Foto per gentile concessione della diocesi di Pittsburgh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Molti di questi atti di violenza sembrano essere stati una risposta all'abrogazione della sentenza Roe contro Wade da parte della Corte Suprema degli Stati Uniti nel 2022, che ha permesso agli stati di regolamentare l'aborto per la prima volta dopo decenni.<\/p>\n<p>L'allora senatore statunitense Marco Rubio, repubblicano della Florida, l'anno scorso ha chiesto all'allora presidente Joe Biden di proteggere le chiese cattoliche dal \u201ccrescente numero di attacchi\u201d subiti in seguito a tale abrogazione.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Una chiesa cattolica a Wichita, Kansas, \u00e8 stata <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/262789\/wichita-catholic-church-vandalized-with-hate-speech-federal-authorities-investigating\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">vandalizzata a marzo<\/a>, con danni a statue e graffiti odiosi. Il presidente Donald Trump all'epoca ha descritto l'incidente come \u201cterribile\u201d e ha promesso che il governo avrebbe \u201cesaminato la questione\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/265487\/fbi-investigates-anti-catholic-and-anti-semetic-vandalism-incident-at-pennsylvania-catholic-church\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/265487\/fbi-investigates-anti-catholic-and-anti-semetic-vandalism-incident-at-pennsylvania-catholic-church<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Church property sits vandalized at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church in Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania, in the Diocese of Pittsburgh, Sunday, July 19, 2025. \/ Credit: Photo courtesy of the Diocese of Pittsburgh CNA Staff, Jul 22, 2025 \/ 12:32 pm (CNA). Federal agents are investigating a vandalism incident at a church in the Diocese of [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":58250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-57905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/FBI-investigates-vandalism-incident-at-Pennsylvania-Catholic-church.webp?fit=800%2C800&quality=75&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":77681,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/diocese-of-pittsburgh-7-churches-to-close-next-month\/","url_meta":{"origin":57905,"position":0},"title":"Diocese of Pittsburgh: 7 churches to close next month","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Aprile 2, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh announced the permanent closure of seven churches, effective March 12.The decision was formally communicated to parishioners during Masses on Feb. 8 at St. Joseph the Worker Parish, where a letter from Bishop Mark A. 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