Tag: attacks on churches
Ten arrested for vandalizing Church in India
Leaders of the pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were among those remanded in judicial custody
Catholic church vandalized in India’s Chhattisgarh state
The crowed also vandalized the presbytery and a grotto of the Virgin Mary inside the church compound
‘For my Church and my people’: Exiled Filipino Protestant bishop bears...
‘Tell the whole world of what we suffer and our dreams of a better life. We hope the persecution of us Lumads would stop.”
Hate crimes against Christians on the rise in Europe, report says
Out of 500 anti-Christian hate crimes documented in 2021, approximately 300 were acts of vandalism, such as graffiti and desecration
Military junta troops occupy Catholic church in Myanmar for four days
The parish priest said the soldiers rigged the church with anti-personnel mines that were hidden everywhere
Indian diocese closes schools following attack on church
The school closure came a day after perpetrators vandalized an image of the Blessed Virgin Mary and torched a vehicle belonging to a priest
Marian image vandalized, priest’s vehicle torched in India’s Punjab state
Targeted attacks on pastors and nuns have been noted in recent months across the country
Faith on trial: Church people under attack
The risks endured by faith-based human rights defenders in the Philippines increase as they incarnate the Christian gospel
Soldiers take over Catholic church in Myanmar’s Shan State
Priests, nuns, and students who were in the church when the soldiers arrived were detained
Soldiers torch Catholic church in Myanmar
The St. Matthew Catholic Church in Dawnyaykhu in Phruso Township in Karenni State was gutted by flames
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