International exorcists warn of escalating sacrileges in European churches, from smeared excrement on altars to stolen hosts, calling it an “almost organized” plan inspired by evil.
Newsroom (03/12/2025 Gaudium Press ) The International Association of Exorcists (AIE) has issued a stark warning that “there is no limit to the increasingly widespread acts of blasphemy” in Italy and across Europe, describing a series of church desecrations as part of what appears to be an “almost organized” campaign inspired by “the father of lies, enemy of God and humanity.”
In a statement titled “Abominable sacrilege in a church in Ostia. And others,” the AIE highlighted a string of recent incidents, beginning with a “very serious and repugnant” act on November 25 in a parish church in Ostia, within the Diocese of Rome. Unknown perpetrators smeared human excrement in multiple locations inside the church, including on the altar. Cardinal Vicar of Rome Angelo De Donatis and Auxiliary Bishop Dario Gervasi of the Southern Sector condemned the vandalism as “an act of spiritual violence against the faith and religious sentiment of the believers.” A solemn Mass of reparation, as required by canon law, will be celebrated to restore the sanctity of the sacred space.
The Ostia incident is only the latest in a disturbing pattern documented by the exorcists. In November, the parish church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Casale Monferrato, Piedmont, was targeted on Halloween: a sacred text was burned and garbage scattered throughout the building. In October, in the nearby town of Salsasio di Carmagnola, a parish priest discovered a couple engaged in sexual activity inside the church, an act that also necessitated a liturgical reparation.
Other reported sacrileges include the theft of consecrated hosts and sacred vessels from the monastery of Santa Margherita di Bevagna in Perugia, as well as a separate incident in which a man urinated on the Altar of the Confession inside St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.
The wave of desecrations extends beyond Italy’s borders. In France, a mock “black mass” was staged on Halloween inside a deconsecrated church in Montpellier during a public festival.
Citing these and other cases—some carried out in broad daylight—the AIE warned that the desecration of sacred places “could be part of an explicit plan to cause the greatest scandal among the faithful,” ranging from the theft of consecrated hosts to what it called “the nefarious sacrilege of a place of worship.”
The association’s statement underscores a growing concern among Catholic clergy and exorcists that formerly Christian Europe is witnessing a coordinated escalation of anti-religious vandalism and blasphemy.
- Raju Hasmukh with files form Infocatholica
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