Catholic priest in Belarus convicted of treason, sentenced to 11 years in penal colony
Father Henrykh Akalatovich, pastor of the Catholic parish in Valo啪yn, 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.
Anglicans denied Quebec assembly booking
Despite Quebec Premier Francois Legault鱿鱼视频app insistence that secularization is a done deal in the province, a bureaucratic misstep that prevented a group of 50 Anglicans from dining at a restaurant attached to the National Assembly may indicate that consensus is more wishful thinking than reality.
Polish church defends religious teaching against new government curbs
Poland's Catholic bishops have urged schools to continue offering religious teaching after government attempts to restrict it were blocked by the Constitutional Tribunal following church appeals.
Imprisoned in Egypt, Christian convert on hunger strike
A Christian convert in Egypt who has been imprisoned for more than two years for publicly speaking about his conversion has declared a hunger strike, prompting religious freedom advocates to increase their calls for his release.
The Nicaraguan government has extinguished the legal status of more than 25 Catholic organizations, including religious orders such as the Franciscans, Carmelites and Augustinians, another diocesan Caritas chapter, and lay Catholic groups, as part of an attack on civil society with the closure of 1,500 nongovernmental organizations.
A deepening polarization in Canadian society and increased vandalism against houses of worship has led to an interfaith call for the federal government to provide more robust protection of religious institutions.
A lawsuit launched last August against the Quebec government by pastor Art Lucier and Harvest Ministries International (HMI) was, according to their lawyer, never about the money.
Poland's bishops have warned of growing conflict with anti-clerical politicians if they press ahead with plans to remove public crosses and curb religious education in the traditionally Catholic country, as church leaders across Europe also cautioned against the "marginalization" of Christianity.
We ignore religious freedom 鈥榓t our own peril鈥
Different kinds of persecution are top of mind in political and media circles, but what receives little attention is Christian persecution, said John McKay.
Bloc bills are an 鈥榓ttack鈥 on people of faith
The president of a global Christian persecution watchdog is sounding the alarm over multiple bills tabled by Bloc Qu茅b茅cois MPs calling for repeal of religious speech protections outlined in the wilful promotion of hatred and anti-Semitism sections of the Criminal Code.
Nun arrested at Toronto bank protest
Nine religious leaders, including a Catholic nun, were arrested by Toronto Police following a 鈥減ray-in鈥 at a downtown RBC branch April 9.
If Christians are oppressed, ACN can be found
Between them, Regina Lynch and Philipp Ozores have served over five decades with the pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), and this year alone will help oversee 5,000 projects to aid suffering Christians worldwide.
Pew Research finds increased bureaucratic targeting of faith
Government restrictions involving religion in 198 countries is at its highest point since Pew Research began tracking such numbers in 2007.
U.S. bishops identify liberty concerns
A new annual report by the U.S. bishops鈥 conference identifies five top threats to religious liberty in the United States, including a federal regulation it says could impose mandates on doctors to perform objectionable procedures and threats to the Church鱿鱼视频app service to people who are migrants.
Editorial: No one so blind as the watchdog
The Canadian Human Rights Commission must at least log marks for audacity by attacking Christmas and Easter as 鈥渙bvious examples鈥 of religious intolerance following the Oct. 7 Hamas hate slaughter in Israel. Even in the wake of the most barbaric outbreak of religious 鈥渋ntolerance鈥 afflicted on Jews since the Holocaust, after all, the CHRC created a media flutter with its recent 鈥淒iscussion Paper on Religious Intolerance.鈥 To do so, it singled out the two main Christian holidays as prime causes of 鈥減resent day systemic religious discrimination.鈥