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Church Attacks

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Costumed protesters disrupt Mother's Day Mass in Los Angeles

Joe Bukuras|May 8, 2022|3 Min Read

Saint-Pierre d’Arene church in Nice, southeastern France. (Jesmar/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 via CNA)

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‘Extraordinary courage’: Nun intervenes to stop man stabbing Catholic priest in France

Catholic News Agency|Apr 25, 2022|2 Min Read

Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Mandalay, Burma. (Shutterstock via CNA)

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Soldiers searching for weapons leave Burma cathedral

Catholic News Agency|Apr 9, 2022|2 Min Read

Sacred Heart Cathedral in Mandalay, Burma. (maodoltee/Shutterstock via CNA)

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Burmese soldiers invade Catholic cathedral, detain archbishop

Catholic News Agency|Apr 8, 2022|3 Min Read

Removal of the remains of statues destroyed at the grotto of Nativity parish in Burke, Va., Jan. 25, 2022. (Diocese of Arlington via CNA)

Grotto vandalized at parish in Northern Virginia

Christine Rousselle|Jan 27, 2022|2 Min Read

Local and national media, along with police, crowd the parking lot at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Colleyville, Texas, Jan. 15, 2022, after four hostages were taken during services at nearby Congregation Beth Israel. After about an 11-hour standoff with an FBI crisis response team on the scene, the incident at the synagogue ended with the hostages' release and the hostage-taker being fatally shot. (CNS photo/Kevin Bartram, North Texas Catholic Magazine)

‘We offered them a safe space’: Texas priest details parish's role helping synagogue hostage families

Katie Yoder|Jan 18, 2022|3 Min Read

A shattered statue of Mary and the Christ Child is pictured inside St. Stephen Church in the Beit Jamal Salesian monastery near Jerusalem Sept. 26, 2017, after vandals broke into the church. "Since 2012, there have been countless incidents of physical and verbal assaults against priests and other clergy, attacks on Christian churches, with holy sites regularly vandalized and desecrated," Christian leaders said Dec. 13, 2021. (CNS photo/Debbie Hill)

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Holy Land Christians need more protection, Christian leaders in Jerusalem warn

Kate Olivera|Dec 16, 2021|2 Min Read

The National Christian Centre is a Christian place of worship in Nigeria's capital, Abuja. (Wikimedia Commons)

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'Fulani association' warns Christians in Nigerian state to close churches or risk attacks

Catholic News Agency|Dec 2, 2021|5 Min Read

Soldiers stand next to military vehicles as people gather to protest the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, Feb. 15, 2021. Fighting has intensified in northeastern Myanmar's Shan state as the military reinforces troops to crush local militias, and religious buildings continue to be targets. (CNS photo/Reuters)

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Myanmar military shells northeast cathedral twice in five months

Catholic News Service|Nov 10, 2021|2 Min Read

The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver is seen vandalized Oct. 10, 2021. Since February 2020, the Archdiocese of Denver is aware of 25 parishes or ministry locations in northern Colorado that have been the target of vandalism, property destruction or theft. (Archdiocese of Denver via CNS)

U.S. bishops say 100 acts of anti-Catholic vandalism since May 2020

John Lavenburg|Oct 15, 2021|3 Min Read

The door of St. Peter's Chaldean Catholic Cathedral in El Cajon, California. (null via CNA)

Bishops report 95 attacks on Catholic churches in US since May 2020

Kate Olivera|Sep 13, 2021|2 Min Read

The facade of the Cathedral of Buenos Aires was vandalized on Aug. 27, with grafittis reading things such as "fire to the churches." (Twitter @PrisillaJacome via Crux)

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LatAm: Pope’s church vandalized, prelates face Covid and showdown in Venezuela

Inés San Martín|Aug 31, 2021|5 Min Read

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