Catholic Review
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Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, War in Ukraine, World News
OSV News recently spoke with researcher Felix Corley of Forum 18 — a news service that partners with the Norwegian Helsinki Committee in defending freedom of religion, thought and conscience — on religious freedom in Russia, Belarus, occupied Ukraine and other nations in the region.
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OSV News
Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News
Father Henrykh Akalatovich, pastor of the Catholic parish in Valožyn, was sentenced to 11 years in a penal colony in Belarus Dec. 30 in a move that highlights the growing persecution of Catholics in the Russia-aligned country.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Religious Freedom, World News
The expectation that President-elect Donald J. Trump’s incoming administration will revoke the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s long-standing policy restricting the arrest of unauthorized immigrants at or near houses of worship has led faith leaders to protest what they say represents an impending threat to religious freedom.
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OSV News
Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News
An Indigenous Christian village was burnt to the ground on Christmas Eve in Muslim-majority Bangladesh.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Missions, News, Religious Freedom, Vatican, World News
Thirteen Catholic “missionaries” were killed in 2024, most of them during the commission of a robbery, but several obviously were targeted for the church work they did.
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OSV News
Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News
In a dark sign of descending security in Africa’s most populous country, a Catholic priest has been shot dead on the open road in southeast Nigeria on Boxing Day.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News
From Nigeria to Mozambique, Sudan and Congo to Burkina Faso, Christians across Africa were victims of horrific persecution in 2024, mainly because of their faith.
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Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News
For Latin American Catholics, December is an important month, not just in anticipation of the Christmas celebrations, but also for important Marian feast days, such as Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Immaculate Conception, that remain linked to their cultural history.
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OSV News
Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, Supreme Court, World News
The U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 13 agreed to hear a case from the Catholic Charities Bureau of the Diocese of Superior, Wisconsin, in which the agency argued a decision by the Wisconsin Supreme Court discounted its religious identity.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Religious Freedom, World News
Jesuit Father Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator, the dean of the Jesuit School of Theology of California-based Santa Clara University, has been awarded “The Hubert Walter Award for Reconciliation and Interfaith Cooperation” by the archbishop of Canterbury for his “outstanding contribution to ecumenical work,” honoring “his leadership of a 2019 retreat for politicians on opposing sides in South Sudan’s civil war.”
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OSV News
Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Religious Freedom, World News
Catholic and Jewish leaders have created a new tool to tackle record-high levels of antisemitism through education and awareness.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, Vatican, World News
Three months after the murder of Juan López, a Honduran church worker and environmental activist whose death was publicly mourned by Pope Francis, the bishops of Latin America are raising awareness on attacks against those fighting for social justice in the continent.
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