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A man was arrested for urinating on a sacred altar in St. Peter’s Basilica, the second such incident this year.
A man was arrested after urinating on the Altar of Confession in St. Peter’s Basilica on Friday, October 11, 2024, according to Italian media.
Security officers, including plainclothes police, intervened and removed him.
Video of the incident spread rapidly online.
This marks the second such desecration at the basilica this year, following a February incident involving candelabras and a 2023 event where a man climbed the altar and displayed a political message.
The Holy See Press Office had not issued a statement by October 11.
The altar, beneath Bernini’s baldachin, is one of Catholicism’s most sacred sites.
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