Insulting Graffiti at the Vatican on Right Side of Bernini’s Colonnade
Case information
Incident date
Country
Italy
Categories
Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
Vandalism (all)
Religious Freedom / Discrimination
Negative Stereotyping
Bernini’s Colonnade, which had been restored in preparation for the canonisation of Popes John XXIII and John Paul II, was found to have graffiti on the right side with the words, in poor English, “Catalic is Hitler.” Implying that a Catholic is like Hitler.
