‘Do not forget’ Sahel humanitarian crisis, warns Ivory Coast bishop on U.S. visit December 5, 2023By Barb Fraze OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News This December, when Catholic villagers in northern Ivory Coast are preparing for Christmas, many will be organizing Advent food and supplies for the nearly 42,000 refugees who have fled into their country from the Sahel, said the head of the Commission of Integral Human Development for the bishops of Ivory Coast.
Exile: Don’t underestimate Nicaragua church’s ‘prophetic voice’ amid repression December 4, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News In the face of Nicaragua’s authoritarian regime, “the prophetic voice of the Catholic Church cannot be underestimated,” said an opposition leader recently exiled to the U.S., who joined fellow speakers at a Dec. 1 presentation on the church’s role in preserving democratic freedom.
Wearing a rosary can make a Latino a target for police, historian says December 3, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Religious Freedom, World News Many law enforcement officers associate Catholic imagery and symbols with criminality in the U.S. Latino community, a historian researching the American Southwest said.
For ‘Red Week,’ parish remembers suffering of Jews and Muslims along with persecuted Christians November 23, 2023By Sam Lucero OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News A prayer service to spotlight the persecution of Christians around the world expanded its focus this year as one Wisconsin parish included both Muslims and Jews in its remembrance.
Lawsuits challenge constitutional status of nation’s first Catholic charter school November 3, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Schools, World News Oklahoma’s Attorney General Gentner Drummond is challenging the constitutionality of the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school after a state school board approved the Catholic school’s application.
25 years after International Religious Freedom Act, limits on religion rise worldwide November 3, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News In the 25 years since the U.S. International Religious Freedom Act became law, “restrictions on religious freedom have been steadily increasing for several years” around the globe, said the chairmen of the U.S. bishops’ religious liberty and international policy committees.
Cardinal Dolan sharply rebukes surging religious hatred in U.S. amid Israel-Hamas war November 2, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York has issued a sharp rebuke against surging religious hatred in the U.S. amid the Israel-Hamas war.
Ukrainian faith leaders say if Russia prevails, religious freedoms would be curtailed November 2, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, War in Ukraine, World News If Russian President Vladimir Putin prevails in his invasion of Ukraine, religious freedom in the country would be curtailed, Ukrainian faith leaders said at a recent event at the United States Institute of Peace.
Vatican at U.N.: Risk of nuclear war is ‘at its highest in generations’ September 27, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Vatican, World News Speaking Sept. 26 during a high-level meeting on the elimination of nuclear weapons at the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, the Vatican foreign minister, called eliminating nuclear weapons a “moral imperative.”
English police apologize to woman arrested for silently praying outside abortion facility September 25, 2023By Simon Caldwell OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Respect Life, World News Police in England have apologized to a Catholic woman six months after she was arrested for praying silently outside an abortion facility.
House lawmakers grill Garland over retracted FBI memo on ‘radical traditionalist Catholics’ September 22, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, U.S. Congress, World News Attorney General Merrick Garland was questioned about a controversial and retracted FBI memo that suggested some “radical traditionalist” Catholics pose threats of racial or ethnically motivated violence during Sept. 20 testimony before the House Judiciary Committee.
Appeals court finds Christian student athlete group should be reinstated as public school club September 15, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Schools, Sports, World News The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a 9-2 decision that the San Jose Unified School District likely violated the Fellowship of Christian Athletes’ First Amendment right to free exercise of religion when it revoked its status as a recognized high school student club.
