Va. quake appears to have hit churches hard

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http://ncronline.org/news/faith-parish/va-quake-appears-have-hit-churches-hard


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The archdioceses of Washington and Baltimore each reported damage to several churches. But in the Diocese of Richmond, Va., where the quake was centered near the town of Mineral, that town's St. Jude Church had the only reported damage in the diocese, and that was relatively minor, according to its pastor, Father Michael Duffy.

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Mineral itself is a tiny town, with a population of only a few hundred people. Thirty-six miles away in more sizable Culpeper, damage around town included toppled chimneys, cracked walls and bricks knocked out of walls. St. Stephen's Episcopal Church there had the walls of its narthex separate from the nave. The building was condemned, according to the Episcopal News Service.

In Baltimore, 110 miles away from the epicenter, 113-year-old St. Patrick's Church in the Fells Point neighborhood, suffered enough damage to its steeple and other high parts of the building that the Archdiocese of Baltimore announced it was deemed unsafe to occupy and would be closed for a month or more. Parishioners will be shuttled to nearby Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, said Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien.

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In Washington, about 80 miles from the epicenter, several Catholic parish properties suffered damage ranging from a toppled chimney at the rectory of Holy Name Church fell on two cars, to the cross on the roof of St. Peter's on Capitol Hill falling off, making a hole in the roof. The Catholic Standard, newspaper of the Washington Archdiocese, reported that Mount Calvary Church in Forestville, Md., also had some damage to its steeple and at its school.

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[SidDithers]

1. Satan's jimmy legs targeted churches?...

who knew?

Sid

[Angry Dragon]

2. Seems god is angry at the churches

I suppose now the churches will come to the government with their hands out asking for some government bailout............

Reminds me of when Jesus went into the temples and kicked some ass

[TheMadMonk]

3. Well obviously they churchgoers haven't done enought to make...

...God's will properly known to the gays and godless evolutionists.

:sarcasm: because unfortunately it really is necessary.

[LiberalEsto]

4. God is coming

and She is pissed