Images: Destruction of the Way of the Cross in Henan

06/21/2018Bitter Winter |

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.

Believers argue with officials — Government officials and believers argue at the Way of the Cross

The buried monuments — Destroyed monuments buried under the earth

Monuments buried — Destroyed monuments buried under the earth

Buried monuments — Destroyed monuments buried under the earth

Believers pray at the site of the destroyed monuments

Vehicles sent by the government for the destruction of monuments

Government sends excavators for destruction — Excavator sent to destroy The Way of the Cross

Vehicles sent for destruction — Vehicles sent by the government for the destruction of monuments

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