Source: Direct Reports from China
Date: June 21, 2018
Bitter Winter reported earlier about the destruction of a Roman Catholic Way of the Cross in Henan Province. In the evening of June 5, officials ordered excavators and other heavy machinery to destroy the monuments and removed images of Jesus at the well-known Our Lady of Mount Carmel pilgrimage site in Tianjiajing village of the Catholic Anyang Diocese. We just received photos made by witnesses of the destruction.
Government officials and believers argue at the Way of the Cross
Government vehicles at the site
Destroyed monuments buried under the earth
Destroyed monuments buried under the earth
Destroyed monuments buried under the earth
Destroyed monuments buried under the earth
Conflict between government officials and believers at the Way of the Cross
Government vehicles at the site
Government vehicles at the site of destroyed monuments
Believers pray at the site of the destroyed monuments
Vehicles sent by the government for the destruction of monuments
Excavator sent to destroy The Way of the Cross
Vehicles sent by the government for the destruction of monuments
Vehicles sent by the government for the destruction of monuments
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