religious freedom

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.

Religious hostility has in recent decades created a divide between Christians and Muslims in Nigeria while it was not originally an issue linked to conflicts in the country.

For Holy Week, the government banned the traditional outdoor celebrations and processions celebrated publicly in all dioceses throughout the country.

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, issued an April 4 “cease and desist” order to Holy Name College Friary.

With some 66,000 war crimes reported since February 2022, Ukraine has filed charges of genocide by Russia with the International Court of Justice. More than 19,300 Ukrainian children have been abducted by Russia over the past year, according to Ukraine’s government.

The contest, titled “Witnesses to Freedom,” requires participants to “share the story of a witness to freedom.”

The high court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in Groff v. DeJoy, a case concerning Gerald Groff, an evangelical Christian and former U.S. Postal Service worker, who was denied an accommodation to observe his Sunday Sabbath by not taking Sunday shifts.

Alvarado “will oversee EWTN’s global news media platforms, with holdings including Catholic News Agency, the National Catholic Register, the ACI Group, ChurchPop, and a lineup of television and radio news programming.”