https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/christians-under-siege-says-sydney-archbishop-following-notre-dame-cathedral-fire-20190418-p51f9v.html
Christians 'under siege', says Sydney archbishop following Notre-Dame Cathedral fire
Sydney's Catholic leader believes Christians around the world are "under siege" and hopes the fire at Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral was not a deliberate attack.
Investigators believe the blaze, which destroyed most of the roof of the 850-year-old architectural icon, was an accident possibly linked to renovation works.
But Archbishop Anthony Fisher said after hearing of a recent "catalogue of fires" at churches in France, "it really struck me that we are, in some ways, under siege".
"Particularly at this time, we know there are those in the world who are opposed to all religion or opposed to our religion and it looks like some of them are determined to make that clear by burning down our buildings," he told 2GB radio on Thursday.
On the eve of Good Friday and the Easter long weekend, Mr Fisher reiterated the need for good to triumph over evil and to look after society's most vulnerable.
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There could well be major drama in Australia if Christian churches start being burnt down.
My church that I went to was burned in 2005 by an arsonist, and it reopened in 2006...
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-aug-11-me-catholic11-story.htmlMy church was not awesome like Notre Dame, but it still sucks that it was burned.
I do not know if Notre Dame was done by an arsonist, I do not know.
Other churches here in Southern California have been burned by arsonists as well, including some very old and beautiful churches.
Our churches need security guards to protect the churches, and for sure there should have been people whose jobs it was to protect Notre Dame. there should have been people on patrol to protect Notre Dame.
We need to protect our beautiful old churches.
Salute,
Tony V.
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