Churches in Chile have been vandalised, desecrated and looted as part of continuing violence and unrest in the South American country. The protests are partly against economic conditions there but churches are now being targeted by extremist activists as well.
In one incident “protesters broke into Santiago’s La Asuncion parish, hauling out pews, confessionals, and statues – which they defaced – to build a barricade. They set the barricade on fire before clashing with police, and sprayed anti-Catholic graffiti on the walls, pillars, and altar of the church”, Angelus News reports.
Chilean bishops have appealed for calm.
