In conjunction with the U.S. State Department’s Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, the Religious Freedom Institute presented a side event July 15 to discuss current international religious freedom policy.
Report gives snapshot of efforts to protect religious freedom around globe
Justice Stevens changed death penalty views during three decades on court
Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, who served on the court for nearly 35 years, died July 16 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at age 99.
Crookston Diocese announces $5 million settlement with sexual abuse survivors
The settlement resolves 15 lawsuits for sexual abuse claims filed between April 2016 and May 2017.
Religious leaders gather at U.S. Capitol to pray for persecuted Christians
They wove together a service of psalms and prayers from the Greek Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox, and the Armenian and Syriac Orthodox traditions, all centered around the shared Gospel, symbolizing both Christian unity and U.S. government support to combat Christian persecution.
Appeals court says Title X rule can take effect while suits proceed
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced July 15, 2019, it would begin implementing the Trump administration’s “Protect Life Rule” to bar Title X funds from being used for promoting or providing abortion as family planning.
1,000 global leaders address religious freedom at State Department
The rabbi of a Pittsburgh Jewish community and survivor of the October mosque attack told a worldwide meeting of religious freedom activists that only by rejecting racism and bigotry can violence in the name of religion be overcome.
Vatican City State set to end sale of single-use plastics
After current supplies run out, Vatican City State will no longer be selling any single-use plastic items on its tiny territory.
‘We cannot absorb the migrant population,’ say Guatemalan bishops
Guatemala’s bishops criticized the idea of the country entering into an agreement with the U.S. government to deem it a “safe third country” for asylum-seekers.