Desecration
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Priest prevents desecration of the Eucharist during Mass in Honduras
A priest prevented a man from taking off with an unconsumed consecrated host during the Mass for the second anniversary... Read more
Florida priest charged for biting arm of woman he says was desecrating Eucharist
Father Fidel Rodriguez admitted to police that he bit the woman but said he did so only after she reached... Read more
Brooklyn bishop disciplines pastor who allowed pop star to film music video in church
The release of the video “Feather” on Oct. 31 triggered an uproar on social media and calls for a reconsecration... Read more
Shrine of Virgin of Flowers whose name traveled to Mars with NASA desecrated
The incident took place Monday night but was not discovered until early Tuesday, when the person who opened the church... Read more
Consecrated hosts stolen from hospital chapel tabernacle in Spain
Sources at the diocese told ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner, that chaplains witnessed the tabernacle had been profaned on... Read more
Penitential rite held after naked man stands on St. Peter’s Basilica’s main altar
A Polish national stripped off his clothes and climbed onto the basilica’s high altar on June 1. Read more
Blessed Sacrament desecrated in church in Nicaragua
Unidentified individuals on Jan. 15 desecrated the Blessed Sacrament in a Catholic church in Managua, the capital of Nicaragua. Read more
Tabernacle desecrated, consecrated hosts stolen from Costa Rica church
In the early hours of the morning, caretakers of the St. Rose of Lima Parish, Pocosol, noticed that sound equipment,... Read more
Louisiana priest who desecrated altar charged with vandalism
A priest of the Archdiocese of New Orleans arrested last year along with two women after filming a pornographic video... Read more
New Orleans priest defiles altar with pornographic filmmaking, arrested for obscenity
A priest in the Archdiocese of New Orleans has been arrested along with two women and charged with obscenity after... Read more
St. John Paul II relic stolen amid church robberies in Italy
This week a relic of St. Pope John Paul II was stolen from a cathedral in central Italy, while a... Read more
Blessed Sacrament stolen from Texas Catholic parish
The pastor of a Catholic parish in El Paso, Texas is calling for prayer and reparation after a tabernacle containing... Read more
Terrorists desecrate Eucharist, destroy Catholic chapel in the Philippines
Last week, members of a terrorist group destroyed a Catholic chapel, desecrating consecrated hosts and religious icons, during a nine-hour... Read more
