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Pro-Life Christians Insulted by Pro-Choice Demonstrators in Bologna
June 26, 2014, ItalyThe Christian community “Papa Giovanni XXIII” prays every Tuesday in front of a hospital in Bologna to raise a voice for unborn life. At the same time left wing activists try to counter the manifestation by insulting their religion and singing so loudly that the prayers cannot be heard by others. The attacks happen frequently on Tuesdays when Christians gather to pray in front of a hospital where abortions take place. The insults include: “Go back to your churches!” to “Away, away, with ave Marie” and hurt the feelings of the faithful and violate freedom of assembly.
Anti-Christian Facebook Page Hurts Feelings of Faithful
June 23, 2014, InternationalThe Facebook page „Virgin Mary should´ve aborted“ covers images of the unborn Jesus as an abortion victim wearing a crown of thorns and blood flowing from his side while the Virgin Mary smokes a marijuana cigar. The content of this page is mostly anti-Christian, as well as pro-abortion. The statements on this page are spreading defamation and hatred against Christians and Christianity.
Vandalism at St. Oswald Church in Traunstein
June 16, 2014, GermanyAn unknown person vandalised the church where Pope emeritus Benedict XVI celebrated his first mass as a Catholic priest in Traunstein, Germany. The perpetrator destroyed a statue of an angel and took off pieces of the altar. An arm and a foot of the corpus of the crucifix on the tabernacle were also broken off. The motivation of this attack is unknown. The motivation of this attack is unknown.
Left Wing Activists Block Registered Pro-Family Demonstration in Vienna
June 14, 2014, AustriaOn June 14th, approximately 200 left wing activists hindered a pro-family demonstration of about 50 Christians to proceed on the registered route. After the police unsuccessfully tried to persuade the left wing activists to leave, they took their names. Five activists who refused to show their ID were briefly arrested.
Vandalism at St. Clement Church in Nantes
June 14, 2014, FranceOn 14th June 2014, anonymous vandalists spraypainted the portal of St. Clement inscription: "Help thy neighbor?"
Nude Women Chained Themselves to Main Altar of Madrid Cathedral
June 13, 2014, SpainTwo nude female activists from the radical feminist group FEMEN chained themself to the base of the crucifix at the main altar of the Cathedral of the Almudena in Madrid, Spain to protest against the limitation of abortion law in Madrid. They started chanting „abortion is sacred“ etc.
Sacrilegious Pictures Taken in a Church in Bilbao
June 10, 2014, SpainThe model posed for the photographer naked in the interior of the Bilbao church. Many local faithful found it blasphemous and repulsive for the Christian religion. The photographer came to the church without the parish priest’s permission. He claimed that he took the keys from his mother who is responsible for cleaning the church.
Verbal Attacks on Christianity on Romanian National Television
June 9, 2014, RomaniaIn the Epic Show, a one-man show broadcasted on a Rumanian national television, PRIMA TV, the presenter attacked violently Orthodox Christianity. In his speech he expressed among other things: “You, filthy pieces of s**t, you want to lie to us regarding the existence of a bearded old man who created the world in 6 days and then got tired"….”you teach our children to cast stones and kill homosexuals”….”when you decide to move your corpses and siege our children in schools to teach them the puke of creationism, wait for us to siege you in your sh**y churches to teach you evolutionism with torches in our hands!”
Defamation of and Threat against a Christian Pub in Paris by LGBT Person
June 4, 2014, FranceDefamations and threats were sprayed on a Christian pub in Paris saying: “Today tags, tomorrow bombs” or “Death to holy fuckers”. The claims were signed with LGBT.
Devastation Of Christian Symbols In a Church in Aigion
June 3, 2014, GreeceAn unknown vandal attacked a church in Aigion and destroyed the miraculous icon of Mother of God. Before the act, he asked prayers to leave him alone with the icon and explained he need to pray in peace. While he was alone, he devastated an image with stones, probably hidden in his pocket. This behaviour shocked local faithful and priests.