Europe’s Anti-Christian Violence: Divine Chastisement for Apostasy Revealed
EWTN News reports a dramatic surge in anti-Christian violence across Europe, documenting 2,211 hate crimes in 2024 including 94 church arson attacks – nearly double 2023’s figures. The Vienna-based Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination Against Christians in Europe (OIDAC Europe) recorded these incidents primarily in France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, and Austria, with notable cases including the murder of a Spanish monk and the near-destruction of Saint-Omer’s historic Church of the Immaculate Conception. OIDAC Executive Director Anja Tang admits official statistics underreport the crisis, citing surveys showing nearly half of Polish and Spanish priests experience unreported aggression. The report concludes with calls for European Union intervention through hate crime coordinators and improved data collection, framing the issue as primarily concerning “religious freedom” and “human rights.”









