Historic Filipino parish closed after vlogger ‘spits’ into holy water font

Historic Filipino parish closed after vlogger ‘spits’ into holy water font

MANILA, Philippines – An archbishop in the southern Philippines ordered the temporary closure of a 19th-century parish after a vlogger allegedly spat into its holy water font, an incident that went viral and fueled rage in this Catholic-majority country. In a decree issued on Monday, Ozamis Archbishop Martin Sarmiento Jumoad condemned the “grave act of sacrilege committed by an individual who spat at the holy water font” of Saint John the Baptis…