The Observatory for Religious Freedom in Spain has reported that this year, 19 attacks against Christians took place during Holy Week in Spain.
There were eight incidents of militant secularism; four attacks against places of worship; four acts of ridiculing religion; two incidents of harassment of believers; and one act of violence against believers.
In Granada, a group of young immigrants from the Bermúdez de Castro Center for the Protection of Minors attacked a Holy Thursday procession.
Also read | Saint Joseph the Worker and the Spirituality of Work
According to the Spanish media outlet OK Diario, the attack occurred as the procession of Our Christ of the Passion and Our Lady of the Star had already been underway for an hour and a half and was descending Cuesta de Chapiz street.
At that moment, "a large number of objects began to fall on those present. These all came from the aforementioned center."
The attacks against places of worship consisted of pro-abortion graffiti on two churches in Barcelona; in Badajoz, unidentified individuals decapitated and took the head of a statue of the Virgin Mary; and a cross was vandalized with the flag of the Republican faction.
María García, from the Observatory for Religious Freedom, stated that within the organization "we practice medicine by observing, collecting, and analyzing data. The goal is to eradicate the virus of militant secularism and religious hatred."
Read in English on Crux