{"id":37337,"date":"2025-05-16T09:18:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T09:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/learn\/report-attacks-on-catholics-increasingly-common-and-tolerated-in-europe-and-latin-america\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T09:18:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T09:18:35","slug":"report-attacks-on-catholics-increasingly-common-and-tolerated-in-europe-and-latin-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/report-attacks-on-catholics-increasingly-common-and-tolerated-in-europe-and-latin-america\/","title":{"rendered":"\u062a\u0642\u0631\u064a\u0631: \u0627\u0644\u0647\u062c\u0645\u0627\u062a \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0627\u062b\u0648\u0644\u064a\u0643 \u0623\u0635\u0628\u062d\u062a \u0623\u0643\u062b\u0631 \u0634\u064a\u0648\u0639\u0627\u064b \u0648\u062a\u0633\u0627\u0645\u062d\u0627\u064b \u0641\u064a \u0623\u0648\u0631\u0648\u0628\u0627 \u0648\u0623\u0645\u0631\u064a\u0643\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0627\u062a\u064a\u0646\u064a\u0629"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Polonia Castellanos, founder of the Spanish Association of Christian Lawyers. \/ Credit: Women World Platform, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Puebla, Mexico, Apr 2, 2025 \/ 17:46 pm (CNA). Attacks against Christians, especially Catholics, are on the rise in both Europe and Latin America, according to various reports from specialized organizations.During 2023, the Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe documented 2,444 anti-Christian hate crimes in 35 European countries. This figure includes 232 personal attacks ranging from\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polonia Castellanos, founder of the Spanish Association of Christian Lawyers. \/ Credit: Women World Platform, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Puebla, Mexico, Apr 2, 2025 \/ 17:46 pm (CNA). Attacks against Christians, especially Catholics, are on the rise in both Europe and Latin America, according to various reports from specialized organizations.During 2023, the Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe documented 2,444 anti-Christian hate crimes in 35 European countries. This figure includes 232 personal attacks ranging from\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":65196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-37337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":69448,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/violence-against-christians-rises-sharply-across-europe-report-warns\/","url_meta":{"origin":37337,"position":0},"title":"Violence against Christians rises sharply across Europe, report warns","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"\u062f\u064a\u0633\u0645\u0628\u0631 5, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"A roadside wooden crucifix in Bavaria. \/ Credit: AC Wimmer\/EWTN News EWTN News, Nov 17, 2025 \/ 09:06 am (CNA). 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