2023-06-03 09:26:26
Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of Saint Peter’s Basilica, celebrates a penitential liturgy on Saturday June 3 at noon following the desecration committed in the basilica on Thursday evening. A man had undressed and stood on the altar of confession, displaying the inscription “Save the children of Ukraine” on his back. Arrested by the guardians of the basilica and the gendarmes, he was handed over to the Italian police who issued him with an arrest warrant.
The Archpriest of Saint Peter’s Basilica, Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, celebrates a penitential rite on Saturday June 3 at 12:00 p.m., at the altar of confession, in the presence of the canons of the chapter of Saint Peter and the faithful, following events of Thursday evening June 1st. As the closing of the basilica approached, a man of Polish nationality, in a visibly altered emotional state, approached the altar, quickly undressed and jumped on the marble.
Arrested and expelled from Italian territory
On his back, he had written in marker:Save the Children of Ukraine” in English. He did not shout or resist the first guards who hastened to take him down and dress him, as well as to the Vatican gendarmes who took him to the offices for identification. Immediately followingwards, in accordance with the rules of the Italy-Holy See Treaty (part of the Lateran Pacts, 1929), the individual was handed over by the Vatican authorities to the Italian police, and was notified of an obligation to leave the territory.
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