Thieves stole the tabernacle containing consecrated Hosts from the chapel of Aurelia Hospital, a private polyclinic on Rome’s Via Aurelia, in the early morning of June 16, 2026, in what the Vicariate of Rome has condemned as yet another sacrilegious attack on a church and the Blessed Sacrament.
The theft was discovered around 10am by the hospital chaplain. The heavy tabernacle, which was anchored to its pedestal, was forcibly removed and taken away, along with the offerings from the votive candle stands in the chapel.
