Tag: Religious freedom

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...

An Israeli soldier has been sentenced to 21 days of military detention for placing a cigarette in the mouth of a statue of the...

WASHINGTON  -- The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom on May 12 reiterated its recommendation that President Donald Trump "swiftly" make a nomination to...

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump said May 11 he plans to discuss the imprisonment of Jimmy Lai during his upcoming visit to China; however,...

Outrage has grown as a photo surfaced of an Israeli soldier desecrating a statue of the Virgin Mary in Lebanon. Concerns are mounting about...

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,...

WASHINGTON -- An Indigenous coalition filed an updated lawsuit in federal district court in Phoenix on April 22, their latest attempt to block a...

Catholic leaders in the Holy Land expressed their "unreserved condemnation" after a picture of an Israeli soldier striking the head of a statue of...

WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration said March 23 it has cleared a legal path to proceed with a copper mining project it says will...

PHILADELPHIA -- As the U.S. marks its 250th anniversary, Pope Leo XIV will be honored in the nation's former capital of Philadelphia for his...