Question 9853 — religions and cults

Summary

Mr. Stéphane Rambaud draws the attention of the Minister of State, Minister of the Interior, to the extremely worrying increase in acts of anti-Christian vandalism in 2025 in France. In fact, over the first five months of the year, 322 acts of anti-Christian violence were recorded. Compared to the same period in 2024, there is an increase of 13% in the facts which should be noted. The majority of acts classified as anti-Christian are thefts and damage to places of worship. Attacks on property represent 271 acts recorded, or 84% of all anti-Christian acts. This damage can be very serious and have dramatic heritage consequences on priceless cultural property. For example, among the most recent, in Guingamp it is the processional statue of the Virgin which was set on fire in the middle of mass. In July, at Paris, it was the Notre-Dame des Champs church that was targeted and one of its side chapels set on fire. In Aulnay-de-Saintonge, it is the Saint-Pierre church, a jewel of Romanesque art built in the heart of Saintonge at the beginning of the 12th century, which was vandalized a few days after its reopening. Last August, the liturgical material of two churches in Seine-Saint-Denis was vandalized. In the Eure, it is the Notre-Dame de Panillera that almost went up in smoke. The thefts mainly concern objects of Catholic worship, which often have a certain value, such as chalices and monstrances made of precious metals. Certain relics are also targeted because they are highly prized by collectors. The 51 attacks on people recorded represent less than 15% of anti-Christian acts but are an increase of 96% compared to the same period of 2024. This is why, faced with these findings, he asks him to please indicate the effective protection measures that he intends to put in place so that citizens can exercise their religion, whatever it may be, without fear of being victims of such acts of violence or that their places of worship will be vandalized.

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