Tag: Religious freedom
U.S. government monitoring group reveals the threat to religious freedom globally...
WASHINGTON -- Conditions for religious freedom are "worsening" around the globe, a U.S. government body monitoring international religious freedom said in a recent report.
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Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Jose Alvarez appears in video while detained: ‘Our...
WASHINGTON -- Detained Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando José Álvarez appeared in a video Aug. 11, a week into his de facto house arrest by government...
Catholic Benefits Association braces for religious freedom affront from U.S. Department...
In early April, the leadership at the Catholic Benefits Association anticipated the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services would soon announce proposed regulations...
U.S. Supreme Court leans toward allowing flying Christian cross at Boston...
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices Jan. 18 seemed to side with a Christian group that was excluded from flying its flag with an image...
New committee aims to protect religious freedom
Prominent leaders of the religious freedom movement introduced an organization they say will work to defend religious liberty and support political candidates at all...
Religious Freedom Week: Celebrate freedom to live faith publicly, work to...
ARLINGTON, Va. -- The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Religious Freedom Week June 22-29 is an opportunity for Catholics across the country to take...
Religious freedom encounters increased violations globally, papal charity finds
VATICAN CITY — The religious persecution exercised by China and North Korea, restrictions on religious freedom in dozens of countries and the continuing threat...
Head of Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference calls new law on Mass...
DUBLIN -- The head of the Irish bishops' conference said the government's move to criminalize attendance at Mass as part of COVID-19 regulations was...
World religious leaders wonder if Biden administration will continue religious freedom...
WASHINGTON -- One of the most frequently expressed questions during an international religious freedom symposium Nov. 19 was whether the attention granted to religious...
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito warns recent trends show religious freedom...
WASHINGTON -- Religious liberty "is fast becoming a disfavored right" in certain quarters in this country, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said in a...