Attacks on Christians - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 22 Nov 2021 01:42:32 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Attacks on Christians - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Nearly 1,000 hate crimes against Europe's Christians recorded in 2020 https://cathnews.co.nz/2021/11/22/nearly-1000-hate-crimes-against-europes-christians-recorded-in-2020/ Mon, 22 Nov 2021 06:55:40 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=142603 According to newly published data from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the number of hate crimes against Christians in Europe rose sharply in 2020. The OSCE data, published Nov 16, documented 980 incidents against Christians, including arson attacks on Catholic churches, desecration and robbery of Eucharistic hosts, assaults on priests, and anti-Catholic Read more

Nearly 1,000 hate crimes against Europe's Christians recorded in 2020... Read more]]> According to newly published data from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the number of hate crimes against Christians in Europe rose sharply in 2020.

The OSCE data, published Nov 16, documented 980 incidents against Christians, including arson attacks on Catholic churches, desecration and robbery of Eucharistic hosts, assaults on priests, and anti-Catholic graffiti on Church property by abortion activists.

The OSCE previously reported 595 incidents against Christians in 2019.

There was a significant increase in the number of attacks against property last year, from 459 in 2019 to 871 in 2020, while the number of violent attacks against people decreased from 80 to 56 in 2020.

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