Religious persecution

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Imprisoned pastor Saeed Abedini with his family.

Imprisoned American pastor reportedly weak from torture

Apr 18, 2013

Human rights advocates are warning that the health of an American citizen imprisoned in Iran for his Christian faith is... Read more

(L-R) Lela Gilbert, Paul Marshall, and Nina Shea take part in a panel at the Hudson Institute on March 27, 2013.

Panel urges awareness of global Christian oppression

Mar 29, 2013

Authors of a new book on the global persecution of Christians warned that Americans must recognize the grave threat that is... Read more

Imprisoned pastor Saeed Abedin with his family.

US asked to intervene for Christian citizen jailed in Iran

Jan 16, 2013

By Michelle La Rosa

A U.S. citizen imprisoned in Iran for his Christian faith could face execution if the government is not pressured to... Read more

Rep. Frank R. Wolf, (R-Virginia).

Religious leaders urged to fight global persecution

Jan 11, 2013

By Michelle La Rosa

Religious leaders in America are being called upon by a U.S. congressman to advocate for those across the globe who... Read more

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On Jan. 7, 2025, two religious sisters were kidnapped in the Archdiocese of Onitsha in Nigeria.

Religious sisters abducted in Nigeria released, ‘in good health’ after weeklong captivity

The Vatican City’s Governor’s Palace (Palazzo del Governatorato in Vaticano), the building that is the seat of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State in the Vatican Gardens.

Vatican cracks down on illegal entry into its territory

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House passes bill to block males from competing in girls’ and women’s sports

Ordinandi lie prostrate during the Litany of Saints during an ordination Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Sept. 29, 2016.

Italian bishop denies policy change on ordination of homosexuals

The Catholic Medical Association is arguing that the federal government acted unlawfully when in July 2022 it directed that hospitals and emergency rooms would be required to perform abortions under the 1986 Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA). 

Catholic medical group sues Biden administration over emergency room abortion rule

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and his wife, Lis Cuesta Pedraza, present gifts to Pope Francis during their meeting on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, at the Vatican.

White House to remove Cuba from terror list amid Vatican’s efforts at prisoner release

Opus Dei founder St. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer in Mexico in 1970.

Opus Dei contests charges of malfeasance in author’s new book

Women baptized by Prem Bhai climb to his memorial singing devotional songs during a 2018 observance of the Catholic missionary.

Christians in northeast India unfazed by bid to revive 46-year-old anti-conversion law

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A look at Vatican City’s new artificial intelligence law

From left to right: Auxiliary Bishop of the Our Lady of the Angels Pastoral Region Matthew G. Elshoff, St. Monica pastor Father Lloyd Torgerson, and Corpus Christi pastor Monsignor Liam Kidney celebrate Mass at St. Monica Church with Corpus Christi’s surviving tabernacle next to the altar on Jan. 12, 2025.

Hope rises from the ashes as Catholic aid mobilizes in California wildfires

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