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Santiaguito Church in Mexico sustained fire damage, according to a May 15, 2023, statement by the Diocese of Irapuato in the Mexican state of Guanajuato. / Credit: Facebook of Bishop Enrique Díaz Díaz of IrapuatoACI Prensa Staff, May 16, 2023 / 16:30 pm (CNA).The Diocese of Irapuato in the Mexican state of Guanajuato expressed its "profound consternation" over a fire deliberately set at Santiaguito (St. James) Church and called it a "sacrilege." In a statement published May 15, Father Efrén Silva Plascencia, spokesman for the diocese, said that the fire "was set on the exterior by a male person who arrived outside the church at 1:04 a.m. and left at 1:26 a.m."Silva pointed out that the Church of Santiaguito, whose origins date back to the 17th century, is one of the "most emblematic and iconic" in the region.The bishop of Irapuato, Enrique Díaz Díaz, shared on Facebook the first images of the scorched church.According to the diocese, a crimi