persecution

After massive demonstrations against the Ortega-Murillo regime began in 2018 and were met with extreme violence, more than 300 deaths, around 800 arrests and more than 100,000 exiles occurred.

Cardinal Pell, former prefect of the Vatican’s Secretariat for the Economy, died Jan. 10 in Rome at the age of 81.

Patriarchs of churches of the Syriac tradition pledged their unity in tackling the numerous challenges they face, including the “the bleeding of migration” of their faithful in the Middle East.

Bishop Rolando Álvarez Lagos of Matagalpa was accused of conspiracy to undermine the country and propagate false news, according to a statement from the courts in the national capital, Managua.

Violations of religious liberty are increasing around the world, and U.S. citizens have a special responsibility to stand up for the religious freedom of all believers in all nations.

Rev. Aitken, 79, ordained an Anglican priest in 2019, warned “there are increasingly ominous signs” that religious freedom in Hong Kong is “next on the hit list by the destructive forces” of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s regime.

Christianity and Judaism, the pope told the group, both “bid us address disagreements, differences and conflicts, not in a confrontational way, but without prejudice, with peaceful intentions and with the aim of finding areas of agreement acceptable to all.”

The documentation, titled “Ebrei” (“Jews”), aims “to preserve the petitions for help from Jewish people all over Europe, received by (Pope Pius XII) during the Nazi-Fascist persecutions,” the Vatican said.