he most recent vandalism to St. Martin de Porres Church. The yellow spray-painted markings appear to be of a crescent moon and star, an unofficial yet well-known symbol of Islam. St. Martin de Porres Parish (Facebook)

Interfaith support for Ottawa church following recent vandalism attack

Ottawa’s St. Martin de Porres Parish has called for continued prayers as messages of support for the church continue to pour in from various religious communities after another act of vandalism was reported at the end of last month. The Catholic church in the Bells Corners neighbourhood of Ottawa announced online that it had endured...

The historic Fort Chipewyan Catholic Church, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, was destroyed by fire in 2022. The Catholic Civil Rights League has documented at least 85 Catholic churches set ablaze or vandalized since the unproven discovery in 2021 of 215 suspected unmarked graves near the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. (Catholic Civil Rights League)

When church burnings are said to be ‘understandable’

According to the Catholic Civil Rights League’s (CCRL) Church Attacks Database, at least 85 Catholic churches have been set ablaze or vandalized since the unproven discovery on May 27, 2021, of 215 suspected unmarked graves near the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. Police are investigating the latest victimized house of worship, St. Gabriel Catholic Mission...

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