IDF soldiers from Division 91 sparked international backlash after filming themselves staging a mock Christian wedding ceremony inside a Maronite church in the Lebanese village of Deir Mimas. The footage, which the soldiers shared on social media, shows them performing a mock wedding between two soldiers, who later wrestle on the church floor while others laugh.

“What if this happened in a synagogue? They’d be screaming ‘antisemitism,’” said Wadie Abu Nassar, coordinator of the Holy Land Christian Forum.

The Vatican has reportedly condemned the incident as “outrageous” and sought verification of the video’s authenticity.

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    Vatican: It’s not the murder of children and innocents that’s got us upset, (we’re actually totes okay with abusing kids) it’s that you mocked our dumbshit easily mockable religion.

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      This is the equivalent of an extremely mild office prank to me, why is this even newsworthy?

      “Soldiers do dumb shit when sitting around bored, more at 11”

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        Because it shows that Israels supremacy does not just go against Muslims. Christians are also considered inferiors and will be mocked, assaulted and if opportune killed.