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Religious Freedom

Church accompanies scarred Cambodians 50 years into the Khmer Rouge genocide

April 17, 2025
By Simone Orendain
Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News

On the 50th anniversary of when the Khmer Rouge took power in Cambodia and left close to 2 million people dead, the Catholic Church there, still a fledgling minority, is making strides, according to religious missionaries who have spent significant years of service in the southeast Asian country.

Catholic leaders, public officials condemn violence after attack on governor’s residence

April 14, 2025
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News

Catholic leaders and public officials condemned violence and called for peace after an alleged arson attack on the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Nicaragua cracks down further on church during Holy Week

April 14, 2025
By David Agren
OSV News
Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News

Police and paramilitaries maintained a heavy presence outside the Nicaraguan Managua cathedral on Palm Sunday, ensuring celebrations occurred entirely on church property — and sending a not-so-subtle message of intimidation.

Judge issues split decision on Illinois law opposed by pro-life pregnancy centers

April 10, 2025
By Kurt Jensen
OSV News
Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, Respect Life, World News

In a split ruling, a federal judge in Illinois permanently blocked a provision of the state’s 2016 Health Care Right of Conscience Act, which attorneys representing pro-life doctors and the state’s 100 pregnancy resource centers said would compel their clients “to promote pro-abortion talking points with women in need.”

Bill requires homeschooling families, private schools give Illinois students’ personal info

March 28, 2025
By Simone Orendain
OSV News
Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, Schools, World News

An Illinois bill that compels homeschooling families and private schools to provide the state with the personal information of every student enrolled in some form of private education passed in an 8-4 committee vote March 19 after drawing significant backlash from parents and religious and other private schools.

Catholic religious sisters attacked in Congo as crisis continues

March 28, 2025
By Frederick Nzwili
OSV News
Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News

Catholic religious sisters in Congo have become the latest victims of violence as the country grapples with ongoing conflict tied to mineral resources.

USCIRF says government must not retreat from defense of international religious liberty

March 27, 2025
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News

The U.S. should not retreat from its vital role in defending and promoting religious freedom around the globe, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom urged in a March 25 event unveiling its 2025 annual report.

Man charged with terrorism for alleged threat to ‘butcher’ Memphis Catholic churchgoers

March 26, 2025
By Kurt Jensen
OSV News
Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News

A 30-year-old man believed to be homeless was arrested and charged with the commission of an act of terrorism following a threat he allegedly emailed to a music minister at St. Louis Catholic Church in Memphis, Tenn., claiming he wanted to “butcher” people in the church with a machete.

U.S. lawmakers push anti-discrimination bill to protect pregnancy resource centers

March 26, 2025
By Kurt Jensen
OSV News
Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, Respect Life, World News

The language of the latest incarnation of the Let Pregnancy Centers Serve Act, a bill aimed at protecting more than 2,700 pregnancy resource centers nationwide from federal and state interference, is not radically different than the language of the one introduced in Congress last year.

Myanmar junta allegedly torches Catholic cathedral in Kachin

March 20, 2025
By OSV News
Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News

The military junta in Myanmar’s strife-torn Kachin state allegedly burned down a Catholic cathedral dedicated to St. Patrick on the eve of the revered saint’s feast.

Kidnappers kill young Nigerian seminarian

March 19, 2025
By Frederick Nzwili
OSV News
Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News

A young seminarian has become the latest victim of killings in Nigeria, the West African country where attack and kidnapping of Catholic clergy is on the rise.

Wichita Catholic church vandalized in what bishops’ call ‘hate crime’

March 18, 2025
By Gina Christian
OSV News
Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News

A Catholic church in Kansas has been targeted in what that state’s bishops are calling a “hate crime.”

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