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A growing number of attacks targeting churches and clergy across France have raised concerns over what some advocates are calling a surge in "Christianophobia," as incidents reported in recent weeks include physical assaults, threats of arson and desecration of churches.
On one of the most recent occasions, Fr. Laurent Milan was confronted by a group of about 10 young men at the Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Repos church in Montfavet, near Avignon, shortly after celebrating evening mass on May 10.
The youths, some hooded and believed to be between 15 and 20 years old, initially asked to enter the church under the pretense of wanting to convert or visit, according to the French daily newspaper La Provence.
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On one of the most recent occasions, Fr. Laurent Milan was confronted by a group of about 10 young men at the Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Repos church in Montfavet, near Avignon, shortly after celebrating evening mass on May 10.
The youths, some hooded and believed to be between 15 and 20 years old, initially asked to enter the church under the pretense of wanting to convert or visit, according to the French daily newspaper La Provence.
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France seeing rise in church attacks amid warnings of ‘Christianophobia’
A growing number of attacks targeting churches and clergy across France have raised concerns over what some advocates are calling a surge in Christianophobia, as incidents reported in recent weeks
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