Posts Tagged ‘Catholic church arson’

French Priest rescues Blessed Sacrament from burning Catholic Church

Monday, September 9th, 2024

A parish priest in France was able to rescue the Blessed Sacrament and some 20 other religious artefacts — including the reliquary bust of St Corneille — after his church was set ablaze by an arsonist on Sept 2. The historic Church of the Immaculate Conception in Saint-Omer, in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France, Read more

Separate fires destroy two Catholic churches in British Columbia

Thursday, June 24th, 2021

A First Nations chief in southern British Columbia, Canada says there are mixed feelings in his community after a Catholic church burned to the ground in an overnight fire. It was one of two Catholic churches in the area that were destroyed in blazes that police consider suspicious. Chief Greg Gabriel of the Penticton Indian Read more