Religious Freedom

Church / Human Rights / Religious Freedom / The Holy Land

September 9, 2024

Why Catholics Need to Support the Palestinian Faithful

As the world’s focus is on the war on Gaza, Christians are facing persecution in the occupied West Bank by the state of Israel and illegal settlers,...

Church / Pope Francis / Religious Freedom

August 26, 2024

Pope Expresses Concern about Religious Freedom in Ukraine

By Cindy Wooden, CNS – “Please, let no Christian church be abolished directly or indirectly: the churches are not to be touched,” Pope Francis said about a...

Church / Pope Francis / Religious Freedom

February 28, 2024

After Burkina Faso attacks, pope calls for respect of places of worship

By Justin McLellan, CNS – After deadly attacks killed 15 people at a Catholic church and dozens more at a mosque in Burkina Faso, Pope Francis said...

Church / Church History / Raymond Perrier / Religious Freedom

February 9, 2023

Are We Afraid to Have Opinions?

Most Christians, Catholic and non-Catholic, tend to think that ours is an opinionated Church. Even someone with little interest in religion knows the Catholic Church’s views on...

Church / Evil & Persecution / Religious Freedom

November 18, 2022

Nigerian bishop: West must act to stop terrorism

By Simon Caldwell, CNS – Nigeria is at risk of following the fate of Afghanistan and being overrun by Islamist insurgents unless the West acts firmly to...

Church / Religious Freedom

July 7, 2022

China deploys hundreds of auditors to monitor religious activities online

By CNS – The Chinese Communist Party is seeking to expand its apparatus to monitor and curb religious activities in cyberspace through training and deploying hundreds of...

Church / Education / Religious Freedom

September 18, 2021

Public schools can display crucifix when decided democratically, court rules

By Carol Glatz – Italy’s highest court of appeal has ruled that public school classrooms can approve the presence of the crucifix because it does not discriminate...

Church / Religious Freedom

August 23, 2021

Faith leaders raise concerns over online censorship of religious speech

YouTube’s blocking of a theologian’s talk on the Christian view of sex as a “content violation” raises serious concerns that “religious speech is being censored online,” San...