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Anti-Christian hate crimes rose 29% in Austria last year: report

Austria recorded 133 anti-Christian hate crimes in 2025 – including attacks on churches and other Christian sites – most of which were committed by foreigners, the Austrian government said.

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Andreas Wailzer

• Aug 3, 2026Aug 3, 2026

Pro-abortion graffiti found on Catholic church in Portland, Oregon

The attack on St. Patrick's Church was the 252nd on a Catholic church in the United States since 2022.

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Stephen Kokx

• May 1, 2024May 2, 2024

Anti-Christian threats and violence in the US have risen 800% since 2018, new report finds

In one year alone, from 2022 to 2023, violent attacks and threats on Christian churches across the United States more than doubled.

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Calvin Freiburger

• Feb 26, 2024Feb 27, 2024

31-year-old man arrested for arson attack against historic Catholic church in Regina

Jordan Willet is one of very few arrests following arson and vandalism attacks against nearly 100 churches across Canada.

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Clare Marie Merkowsky

• Feb 22, 2024Feb 22, 2024

Ontario taxpayers to fork over $1.7 million to ‘combat the rise in hate crime’ 

The new grant builds on the Ontario government’s $20.5 million program by the Ministry of Citizenship and Multiculturalism to combat 'antisemitism and Islamophobia,' but makes no mention of the nationwide burning of Christian churches.

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Clare Marie Merkowsky

• Jan 22, 2024Jan 23, 2024

‘Sacrilege’: Catholic church in Mexico set on fire, Eucharist stolen from another

One diocese had a church's tabernacle broken into while a second saw a church burnt overnight.

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• May 18, 2023May 18, 2023

Anti-Christian violence in the US has grown steadily since 2018: report

'Americans appear increasingly comfortable lashing out against church buildings, pointing to a larger societal problem of marginalizing core Christian beliefs,' the Family Research Council found.

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Jean Mondoro

• Apr 13, 2023

28 statues destroyed in attack on Catholic church in Brazil

'Thank God the tabernacle where the Eucharistic Jesus is kept was not violated,' said the assistant pastor, Fr. Diego Ronaldo Nakalski.

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Mary Zwicker

• Oct 13, 2022Oct 13, 2022

‘All Catholics are rapists’: Catholic Charities building vandalized in New York City

NYC police are searching for the criminal amid rising acts of vandalism and violence against Catholic institutions and pro-life groups across America.

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Clare Marie Merkowsky

• Jun 17, 2022Jun 17, 2022

Fox News anchors shut down mention of attacks on churches in France

Catholic League's Bill Donohue and a French media analyst were quickly cut off when they raised the possibility of the Notre Dame fire not being accidental.

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Lisa Bourne

• Apr 17, 2019Jun 18, 2021

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Anti-Christian hate crimes rose 29% in Austria last year: report

Pro-abortion graffiti found on Catholic church in Portland, Oregon

Anti-Christian threats and violence in the US have risen 800% since 2018, new report finds

31-year-old man arrested for arson attack against historic Catholic church in Regina

Ontario taxpayers to fork over $1.7 million to ‘combat the rise in hate crime’

‘Sacrilege’: Catholic church in Mexico set on fire, Eucharist stolen from another

Anti-Christian violence in the US has grown steadily since 2018: report

28 statues destroyed in attack on Catholic church in Brazil

‘All Catholics are rapists’: Catholic Charities building vandalized in New York City

Fox News anchors shut down mention of attacks on churches in France