France: At least 10 incidents of vandalism and desecration of Catholic churches this month alone

Here is still more of the poison fruit of Macron’s reckless, feckless, suicidal policies regarding mass Muslim migration. There is little doubt that the perpetrators of this vandalism are Muslims; there is no other group that combines contempt for and hatred of Christianity with doctrines of warfare and violence, all in the name of Allah.

“Eucharist desecrated, statues smashed in series of French church attacks,” Catholic News Agency, February 15, 2019:

At least 10 incidents of vandalism and desecration of Catholic churches have been reported in France since the beginning of February, according to French news sources and watch groups.

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Vandals in Catholic churches throughout the country have smashed statues, knocked down tabernacles, scattered or destroyed the Eucharist, burnt altar cloths and torn down crosses, among other acts of desecration of religious items.

According to La Croix International, one of the earliest incidents occurred February 4 at St. Nicholas Catholic Church in Houilles, Yvelines, where a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary was found smashed on the ground. The church had experienced earlier incidents of vandalism just weeks prior, when the altar cross was found thrown to the ground and the celebrant’s chair was damaged.

The Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination Against Christians in Europe, a Christian watchdog group, documented another attack at St. Nicholas Church on February 10, when the tabernacle was found thrown to the ground. A 35 year-old man later confessed to committing the act to police.

On February 5, an altar cloth was found burnt and crosses and statues torn down or disfigured at Saint-Alain Cathedral in Lavaur, in south-central France. The fire was found early by a parish secretary and did not spread, though the smoke damaged the altar and adjacent walls.

The 800 year-old building had also recently undergone renovations, local sources reported.

“I strongly condemn the vandalism of Lavaur Cathedral and I share the outrage aroused by this intolerable act,” Jean Terlier, a local district deputy, said in a statement following the incident, according to La Croix.

“God will forgive. Not me,” the city’s mayor Bernard Carayon said of the vandalism, La Croix reported.

On February 6, just a day after the Saint-Alain Cathedral incident, vandals at a Catholic Church in Nimes broke into the tabernacle and scattered the hosts on the ground, drew a cross on the wall with excrement and damaged other religious items in the church, according to local reports.

In a statement posted to the Diocesan website, Bishop Robert Wattebled of Nimes denounced the desecration, which “greatly affects our diocesan community. The sign of the cross and the Blessed Sacrament have been the subject of serious injurious actions. This act of profanation hurts us all in our deepest convictions,” he said.

The Bishop also announced that a Mass of reparation must be said in the church before regular Masses can continue, and noted that local religious orders of the diocese had already offered to observe days of fasting and prayer in reparation for the act. He encouraged lay Catholics to join in acts of prayer and reparation.

The Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination Against Christians in Europe documented another incident on February 9 at the Church of Notre-Dame de Dijon in Côte-d’Or, about 175 miles to the south and east of Paris.

Again in this incident, the tabernacle was opened and the Eucharist scattered. An altar cloth was also stained and a missle book was torn.

Father Emmanuel Pic from Notre-Dame parish told La Bien Public news that since nothing of great monetary value was damaged, it seems the vandals wanted to attack the “heart of the Catholic faith.”

“Nothing of value has been broken, but it is the intent that is very shocking. This is what characterizes profanation,” Pic said.

The vandals seemed to have known that attacking the altar and the Eucharist would be “a very strong symbol for (parishioners), since the hosts consecrated during the previous Mass are no longer just a piece of bread in the eyes of Christians” but the body of Christ, he added. The priest also posted photos of the desecration to his Twitter account. Mass resumed at the parish after a Mass of reparation was said by the local archbishop….

While it is yet unclear if the incidents are at all related, they recall the series of attacks and vandalism that the Catholic Church in France and Belgium experienced in 2016 by the Islamic State. The worst of those attacks included the murder of Fr. Jacques Hamel, who was killed by jihadists while celebrating Mass at a church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray in Normandy. The assailants entered the church and took the priest and four others hostage. Local law enforcement reported that the priest’s throat was slit in the attack, and that both of the hostage takers were shot dead by police.

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Liatris Spicata

5 years ago

At least 10 incidents of vandalism and desecration of Catholic churches this month alone

Guess those Huguenots are at it again.

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R. Arandas

5 years ago

Reply to  Liatris Spicata

Many on the left also hold churches in great contempt.

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Suresh

5 years ago

They working as per their islamonazi plan. First go after Jews and use dumb christians/Leftists/liberals/LGBT as useful idiot supporters. Then go after christians/LGBT/Left/Liberals who get in the way !

And Finally Vatican Bishop confesses: “Senior Catholic officials are being paid off by George Soros to promote mass Muslim migration into Europe” https://tinyurl.com/y7hllebo

You won’t hear it from corrupt Left/Liberal media

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Rocinante44

5 years ago

i was in france 10 years ago. beautiful land and wonderful people, but one of my lasting memories was how dead and godless were their souls. they are blind to how their worship of “reason” instead of their creator has destroyed their great civilization. their beautiful catholic churches are just empty tombs that are of interest of tourists. into this God void has flowed the terror, napoleon, revolution, humiliation by the germans 3 different times, and now islam. a nation with a vibrant faith in God would have never allowed the muslim invasion, and without a great awakening in France, they are doomed

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CreoleGumbo

5 years ago

Reply to  Rocinante44

Sadly I must agree with you and it not just France, it is all of Europe. They have been totally brainwashed.

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bargogx1

5 years ago

If those were mosques, the uproar would be deafening.

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Thurston Howell III

5 years ago

I’m sure macaroni will try to blame it on the Protestants or the LePen supporters.

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Ari

5 years ago

Just like muslim conquerors of the past, today’s muslim vandals want to destroy all non-islamic religious artifacts and buildings. Muslims have vandalized many churches in Europe, for example in France, Germany, Italy and Greece. A vandalized church, source Emmanuel Pic’s twitter account

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R. Arandas

5 years ago

Reply to  Ari

Without a strong core, Europe will not be able to survive.

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Poppey

5 years ago

One or two things are sure to happen here, Pope Francis will say and do nothing, the secular brainwashed young will probably just shrug, move on and stare at their phones, National Rally will be blamed for their “incitement” and the guilty will be seen wearing a smirk next time they’re near a mosque.

However for those that matter and are capable of critical thought, these acts of Islamic mandated vandalism against the spiritual soul of France will stoke the fires burning in their hearts under those vests of yellow.

These are dangerous times in France, political moulds have been broken everywhere you look in Europe and UK, the tectonic political plates are realigning in conjunction with demographics, a storm is brewing and it’s out of the hands of those in charge at present.

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Goop

5 years ago

These Islamist b@stards somehow buy up white Buddhist Christian churches temples whatever then turn it into rubbish. Just like they do here in oz buy white houses and answer front door wearing black garbage bag clothing with pillpix hats or long scarves tightly wound around behead wearing black sunglasses and look mysterious and unrecognizable with overgrown plants and trees smelling of marowanna

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Alleged-Comment

5 years ago

So much for that poop and inter-religious summit of his. Bring in more TURD world people and FLOOD the West with them for the New World Odor.

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Roma Mikhasev

5 years ago

FOR TOLERANCE! religion of peace, chastity and intelligence! respect the cultural characteristics !!!

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Roma Mikhasev

5 years ago

FOR TOLERANCE! religion of peace, chastity and intelligence! respect the cultural characteristics !!!

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CreoleGumbo

5 years ago

Wonder if Pope Francis has heard about this.

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