Original sentence: On December 7, 1859, in front of the Archbishop's Palace in Santa Fe de Bogotá in the then Granadine Confederation some kind of book-burning episode took place by Catholic officials and people.Protestant claims were that these featured bibles brought in from the London Bible Society.The American ambassador (or "Minister") was accused of involvement, perhaps as political manipulation against the rising prospects an (anti-Catholic) Mosquera regime which was feared to become a military dictatorship.The ambassador from the Holy See stated that were that these were "obscene works, impious pamphlets, & publications condemned by the Church" and denied US involvement
Edited sentence: On December 7, 1859, in front of the Archbishop's Palace in Santa Fe de Bogotá in the then Granadine Confederation a great bible burning took place