Australia
In 2017, statues of Jesus and Mary outside the church of St Paul of the Cross, Sydney were decapitated. On the same day, hundreds of young Maronite Catholics held a vigil to say a rosary of reparation. Within a few days, new statues had been donated, and crowds gathered again for the blessing ceremony.
Burkina Faso
Last year, La Croix reported that a church in Dissin had been attacked, apparently by a militant Protestant. Statues had been decapitated, and a message was left reading: “"Statues are the work of human hands and should not be worshipped. Are you Christians or Catholics?” Local Muslim leaders expressed their solidarity with the church.
