St. Mary’s Cathedral in Valencia, Spain. / Credit: Pere López, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Madrid, Spain, Sep 3, 2025 / 05:15 am (CNA).
TheObservatoryforReligiousFreedomandConscience(OLRCbyitsSpanishacronym)inSpaindecriedthatitwas“ablackAugust”withsevencasesofvandalismanddesecrationagainstCatholicchurchesreportedinrecentweeks.
OnAug.11,blackpaintwasspilledonasetof stepsatSt.CatherineparishinthetownofRuteinCordobaprovince,justdaysbeforethepatronsaint’sfeastday.
Thefollowingday,theperpetualadorationchapelatSt.MartinparishinValenciawasdesecratedwhenapersonwhoidentifiesas“trans”burstinthechapelshoutinginfrontofthealtarandthen“brokethemonstrance,whileinsultingthefaithful,”accordingtotheOLRC.
OnAug13,OurLadyofMountCarmelparishinPalmadeMallorcawasdesecratedwithoffensivegraffitiaccusingtheCatholicChurchofcorruption.
Adaylater,asacristanandseveralparishionerswereattackedintheValenciacathedralbyanapparentlyintoxicatedmanduringthecelebrationoftheEucharist.
OnAug.1
