A statue of the Virgin Mary was damaged and defaced at a shrine of the Madonna Del Popolo at the Church of San Rocco on 10 October. The perpetrators are suspected to be a group of teenagers who also littered the churchyard and damaged several flowerpots surrounding the shrine.…
On 8 October, unknown perpetrators forced open the tabernacle at Santa Sofia Church in Corsano, in Italy’s Lecce province, and stole consecrated hosts from the tabernacle inside the Church. The incident was described by the local diocese as a serious act of profanation. In…
On 8 October 2026, a 19-year-old man was arrested after allegedly attempting to start a fire inside Notre-Dame Cathedral in Die. The suspect was placed in police custody on suspicion of attempted damage by fire after he was caught with matches and at least one candle in the…
On 7 October, unknown perpetrators stole liturgical objects from the Church of San Mamede de Priegue in Nigrán, most notably a ciborium containing consecrated hosts. The theft of the consecrated Eucharist prompted the Diocese of Tui-Vigo to describe the incident as a…
At the Catholic Church of Our Lady in Flingen-Düsseldorf, the holy water font was reportedly smeared with excrement amid repeated incidents of disorder and vandalism in the church entrance area. In response, the parish has decided to close the church outside of religious…
On the evening of 6 October, several teenagers disrupted a church service at an undisclosed Catholic parish in Vienna by shouting "Allahu Akbar" from the church entrance before fleeing. The parish priest expressed concern over the incident, and expressed that the report keep…
Sens Patrimoine reported repeated damage and intrusions at Saint-Étienne Cathedral in Sens, including a Bible found torn before the altar, damaged statuary and inscriptions described as “satanic”. The association requested stronger security measures.
The Salesian parish in Cuneo reported repeated vandalism, disturbances and violence, including spitting on pews and kneelers, damaging a confessional, and throwing stones at a parishioner, and intimidating people at prayer. The incidents have caused concern among the deeply…
Nine adolescents reportedly filmed themselves inside the Church of Saint-Hilaire in Soullans, singing and dancing to a rap song containing references to glorifying a terrorist attack which took place in 2015. The video further showed disrespectful and disorderly behaviour…
On 2 October, two Catholic churches in the Nord department of France were broken into and desecrated. In both incidents, the tabernacles were forced open and consecrated hosts were stolen. Sacred vessels and other religious objects were also taken, prompting complaints to the…
As reported in October, the mountain peak of Croda Granda in the Dolomites was the scene of a sacrilegious act when a statue of the Madonna, which was placed on the summit for over 40 years, was thrown into a ravine in late September. The statue was found by two hikers at a…
An unknown perpetrator broke into the chapel of Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital in Urbino, and stole a monstrance containing consecrated hosts. The tabernacle was forced open, and some of the consecrated hosts were reportedly scattered on the floor. The Archbishop of…
During the night of 30 September to 1 October, a statue of the Virgin Mary at a public street in Porto-Vecchio, Corsica, was deliberately pulled from its pedestal and destroyed while perpetrators filmed the incident. The statue, known as 'A Vergine Maria', is a place of…
In late September 2026, an approximately 120-year-old wooden figure of Christ at the Baschner Cross near the Jägersteig in Grainau was found torn down from the cross and smashed into pieces. The incident has shocked local residents, as this was the second reported attack on the…
A Catholic priest has died following a stabbing at a Benedictine convent in Jarosław, Poland, on 24 September, and a total of five victims were stabbed in the attack. Government officials have responded in horror at the attack, and sympathy for the members of the community.…
On 23 September, a man entered the historic Church of San Rocco in the Castellone district of Formia and allegedly caused extensive damage to the interior of the building. He reportedly used a chair to damage the altar and knock down statues of saints, before also damaging a…
Between 1 and 22 September 2026, a 34-year-old man allegedly damaged numerous roadside shrines and religious figures in Radom by defacing them with paint and damaging the religious statues. Reportedly vandalising up to ten historic chapels with images of the Virgin Mary, the…
On 22 September, an 18-year-old Christian content creator was assaulted by two youths near an underground station in Vienna. According to his account, one attacker threatened him with a knife and he suffered injuries to his ribs, hips, and nose. The incident was reported to…
On 19 September, unknown individuals forcibly removed and opened the tabernacle of the parish church of Santa Maria de Lagostelle in Guitiriz, stealing the ciborium containing consecrated hosts. The hosts were subsequently scattered outside the church, while the silver ciborium…
According to a report from 19 September, St. Anne's Church in Auderghem has decided to close its doors and cease services after repeated acts of vandalism. The church council made the decision due to the incessant attacks on the historic building over the spring and summer of…