A roadside wooden crucifix in Bavaria. / Credit: AC Wimmer/EWTN News EWTN News, Nov 17, 2025 / 09:06 am (CNA). Church arson attacks across Europe nearly doubled in 2024, part of a broader surge in anti-Christian hate crimes that included 274 personal assaults against Christians and the killing of a 76-year-old Spanish monk, according to a new report released Monday by the Vienna-based Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination Against Christians in Europe (OIDAC Europe).The report documented 2,211 anti-Christian hate crimes…

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