A priest reportedly closed the last open door of a church in Ivry-sur-Seine to prevent around 40 people from entering during unrest. The account was given by a local councillor, who said the priest’s intervention prevented the church from being targeted.
A 72-year-old man deliberately released dozens of Mediterranean field crickets inside Trier Cathedral, near the Chapel of the Holy Robe. The man reportedly entered the Cathedral with the intent to release the insects, and once he had done so, left quickly. The insects' caused a…
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.…
A Christian teacher at Biddick Academy in Sunderland has brought a religious discrimination claim after being dismissed following classroom conversations in which she expressed her pro-life beliefs. Anita Meston says she answered pupils’ questions before redirecting the class…
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…
Malta’s Attorney General is challenging Matthew Grech’s acquittal on charges of “advertising conversion practices” after he shared his Christian testimony during an online interview. According to Christian Concern, the appeal was before the court on 2 October 2026, prolonging…
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…