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Canadian Catholic church installs barbed wire fence after vandals attempt to set fires

Over the past two weeks, St. Patrick Church in Calgary saw vandals set fire to the exterior of the church in the exact spot where the tabernacle is located.

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Anthony Murdoch

• Jun 18, 2025Jun 19, 2025

Adoration chapel in Pennsylvania damaged after man lights dynamite inside

Kyle Kuczynski was taken into custody after allegedly planting dynamite inside Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Church's Adoration chapel, damaging the monstrance and other parts of the church.

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Antonino Cambria

• May 9, 2025May 12, 2025

Carney praises Trudeau’s ‘reconciliation’ commitment, Singh refuses to condemn church burnings

Neither Mark Carney nor Jagmeet Singh have expressed concern that unproven claims of mass graves at former residential schools have led to hundreds of attacks on churches in Canada.

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Clare Marie Merkowsky

• Apr 28, 2025Apr 28, 2025

Trudeau gov’t confirms hundreds of church attacks since unproven residential school claims

The Liberal cabinet has confirmed that 423 police-reported incidents have occurred at places of worship since 2015, with the biggest uptick occurring when it was claimed, without physical evidence, that 215 bodies had been discovered at a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C.

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Clare Marie Merkowsky

• Sep 24, 2024Sep 25, 2024

Catholic church in Paris vandalized with pro-Muslim graffiti ahead of Olympics

Notre-Dame-du-Travail had its exterior spray-painted with pro-Muslim, anti-Catholic graffiti sometime between July 14 and 15. The church also had one of its statues of Mary cut in the throat with a knife.

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Stephen Kokx

• Jul 27, 2024Jul 29, 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

Liberal, NDP MPs shut down motion to condemn church burnings across Canada

The motion aimed to denounce the arson and vandalism of 83 Canadian churches, especially those within Indigenous communities.

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Clare Marie Merkowsky

• Oct 31, 2023Nov 1, 2023

Catholic parishes suffer damage from vandalism after pro-life-backed ballot issue failed in Ohio

'First, losing Issue 1 last week, now this … it really hurts,' an Immaculate Conception parishioner in Willoughby who requested to remain anonymous told CatholicVote.

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Ashley Sadler

• Aug 16, 2023Aug 17, 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

Nebraska priest asks parishioners to forgive vandal who smashed altar at Catholic church

Fr. Ryan Salisbury stressed to his congregation that they must forgive the perpetrator, and shared that he is praying for a conversion.

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Emily Mangiaracina

• Apr 3, 2023Apr 4, 2023

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Articles tagged church vandalism

Canadian Catholic church installs barbed wire fence after vandals attempt to set fires

Adoration chapel in Pennsylvania damaged after man lights dynamite inside

Carney praises Trudeau’s ‘reconciliation’ commitment, Singh refuses to condemn church burnings

Trudeau gov’t confirms hundreds of church attacks since unproven residential school claims

Catholic church in Paris vandalized with pro-Muslim graffiti ahead of Olympics

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

Catholic parishes suffer damage from vandalism after pro-life-backed ballot issue failed in Ohio

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

Nebraska priest asks parishioners to forgive vandal who smashed altar at Catholic church