After an early morning fire April 4 reportedly set by a resident damaged the sanctuary of Our Lady of the Lake Church in Verona, the church could reopen its doors for Mass the weekend of April 20-21, said Father Peter G. Wehrle, pastor.
On
A historic place of prayer in Portland, Oregon, sustained significant damage to one of its buildings, while a priest narrowly escaped harm, in a Feb. 28 vandalism attack.
Security cameras, religious objects and windows were smashed in the monastery of The Grotto, the
The shrine of a beloved Philadelphia saint sustained thousands of dollars' worth of damage in an apparent act of vandalism.
Panels of three stained-glass windows were shattered at the National Shrine of St. John Neumann in Philadelphia in the early morning hours of
A weekday Mass at a California parish was interrupted as police pursued an alleged armed suspect who had fled into the church.
Stunned parishioners at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Placentia raised their hands above their heads as several law enforcement officers entered
According to the Catholic Civil Rights League's database, at least 85 Catholic churches have been set ablaze or vandalized since the unproven discovery May 27, 2021, of 215 suspected unmarked graves near the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.
Police are investigating the latest
The Stockton Police Department was investigating whether a hate crime was behind an act of vandalism that left white paint streaked across the front doors of the 81-year-old Cathedral of the Annunciation in Stockton. Local news reports said that besides the front
LOCKPORT, La. (OSV News) -- A Louisiana Catholic parish and its school are mourning the destruction of a beloved, life-sized statue of Jesus, which was decapitated during the overnight hours of Sept. 12-13. Father James Rome, parochial administrator of Holy Savior Parish
Oregon's Catholic archbishop joined some 300 faithful for Mass in the rain, hours after a devastating fire had heavily damaged their historic church in Salem. "My heart is really just filled with emotion," said a visibly moved Archbishop Alexander K. Sample of
The man suspected of desecrating St. Joseph Church in Astoria, Queens, in the Diocese of Brooklyn a month ago was arrested Saturday, July 8 after returning to the parish and acting erratically. In another incident on Saturday, parishioners at Resurrection Church in