Church in Paris Set on Fire, Excrements on the Floor

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Church in Paris Set on Fire, Excrements on the Floor

gloria.tv | July 23, 2024

Notre-Dame du Travail Church in Paris, France, was vandalised and partially burned on the night of July 14 to 15.

The floor of the church was soiled with food scraps and excrement. Religious items were strewn about. A knife was plunged into a wooden statue of the Virgin Mary at the level of her throat.

The parish priest, Abbé Gabriel Würtz told Aleteia.org that only Divine Providence has limited the fire damage.

The church's organ and the sound system were damaged.

Blasphemous inscriptions were written inside and outside of the church: Jésus brûle (Jesus burns);
Soumettez-vous à Allah, infidèles, et priez 5 fois par jour (Submit yourselves to Allah, infidels, and pray 5 times a day); Un seul dieu Allah (One god, Allah)

Volunteers cleaned up the damage. A Eucharist of reparation was celebrated on July 17. A police investigation is underway.

In 2023, nearly 1,000 acts of anti-Christian violence were recorded by the anti-Christian French Ministry of the Interior, the vast majority of which were attacks on churches and cemeteries.