Tag: Religious freedom
USCCB urges Senate to protect migrant dignity as funding for immigration...
WASHINGTON -- Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin testified June 2 before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Department of Homeland Security as the Senate...
Chicago clergy resume daily ministry at ICE facility after court order
CHICAGO -- Clergy and religious have begun ministering daily to those being held at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in suburban Chicago --...
San Diego Bishop Michael M. Pham prays for Muslim community after...
Bishop Michael M. Pham of San Diego said the faithful there "stand united in solidarity and prayer with the Muslim community" after a deadly...
Spain looks to Pope Leo XIV for message of unity in...
Amid a packed schedule during his apostolic visit to Spain, Pope Leo XIV's address to the country's parliament stands out as a defining moment...
Israeli soldiers punished after desecration of Virgin Mary statue in Lebanon
An Israeli soldier has been sentenced to 21 days of military detention for placing a cigarette in the mouth of a statue of the...
Religious freedom watchdog urges Trump to fill key ambassador vacancy
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom on May 12 reiterated its recommendation that President Donald Trump "swiftly" make a nomination to...
Trump says he plans to raise Jimmy Lai imprisonment during China...
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump said May 11 he plans to discuss the imprisonment of Jimmy Lai during his upcoming visit to China; however,...
Photo of Israeli soldier desecrating Virgin Mary statue sparks outrage in...
Outrage has grown as a photo surfaced of an Israeli soldier desecrating a statue of the Virgin Mary in Lebanon. Concerns are mounting about...
Federal appeals court upholds Texas law requiring Ten Commandments in classrooms
A federal appeals court on April 21 narrowly upheld a Texas law requiring public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments.
In a 9-8 ruling,...
Indigenous coalition continues challenge to mining project on religious liberty grounds
WASHINGTON -- An Indigenous coalition filed an updated lawsuit in federal district court in Phoenix on April 22, their latest attempt to block a...










