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This is the third time that the outer wall of the abbey church of Foix (photo)has been damaged. Incidentally, the town priest suspects that it is the work of a single person. During the Easter weekend, he discovered that the following had been written in spray paint: “A good church is a burning church”. The priest immediately informed the mayor Norbert Meler, reports France 3 Régions on Wednesday April 20.
The latter had the wall repainted by the city administration on the same day. He deplores an “attack on public property, on things that belong to everyone and that we pay for with our taxes”, but does not want to go into detail about the content of the message because he fears political appropriation a few days before the second round of the presidential elections, according to France 3 Régions. He assures that a complaint will be filed, as it is every case when graffiti is discovered. Father Edouard de Laportalière wants to remain lenient: “I thought it was a cry of suffering. It is certainly a suffering person who must find this means of expression. It’s a pity there are no alternatives,” he said.
He claims to have recognised this writing, which ” had been found on buildings in the community before, urging people not to believe in the church”. He invited the person he described as “suffering” to speak to him. According to a parliamentary report published in February, 857 anti-Christian incidents were counted in 2021, mainly involving damage or theft related to religious buildings.