The American advocacy group CatholicVote has made a map tracking attacks on Catholic churches as anti-Catholic violence increases across America.

On June 14, CatholicVote, an organization that defends "Faith, Family, and Freedom," published an interactive map tracking attacks of violence on churches throughout America in the past two years, attacks beginning with the violent Black Lives Matter protests.

"Since 2020, there have been at least 140 attacks against Catholic churches in the United States, including thefts of sacred tabernacles, fires which severely damaged historic churches, spray-painting and graffiti, windows smashed, and statues destroyed (often with heads cut off)," CatholicVote reported.

"Crucially, while some of the attacks have included thefts, most have only involved property destruction, indicating that the motive is not primarily material gain," the organization added.

The educational map allows users to click on a location and see pictures and learn the details of each attack.

CatholicVote wrote that the attacks took place across the country in 39 states, but with "hostspots with large clusters of attacks" including "New York City (15 separate church attacks in the area), Los Angeles (9), Seattle (7), Boston (5), Denver (5), Miami/South Florida (4); and Houston (4)."

"Some of the churches have been attacked multiple times," added the group.