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Prelates lead a protest in Abuja, Nigeria, over unending killings of Nigerians March 1, 2020. Nigerian bishops called on the international community to help the West African country in its fight against ethnic insecurity and terrorist groups such as Boko Haram. (CNS photo/Afolabi Sotunde, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
Increasingly brutal attacks on Christian villages have been explained as the result of conflict over diminishing resources.
Politics & SocietyNews
Kurt Jensen - Catholic News Service
Religious liberty advocates believe that the latest Supreme Court decision will finally banish the hated 19th-century Blaine Amendments for good.
Father Kenneth Zach, pastor of St. Rose of Lima Church in Massapequa, N.Y., chats with third graders on Jan. 28 during his visit to the parish school. In a 5-4 ruling June 30, the Supreme Court said the exclusion of religious schools in Montana's state scholarship aid program violated the federal Constitution. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)
FaithShort Take
Thomas G. Wenski
The Supreme Court decision is a major win for school choice advocates and the church’s efforts to serve poor and marginalized communities, writes Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami.
Politics & SocietyNews
Catholic News Service
The Chinese government recognizes five official religions: Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Protestantism and Catholicism. Members of each of these religious groups must register before they can participate in religious services.
Politics & SocietyNews
Dale Gavlak - Catholic News Service
The independent, bipartisan U.S. federal government commission said it aims to defend the universal right to freedom of religion abroad and makes policy recommendations to the U.S. administration.
A Dec. 22, 2019, photo from a rally in Hong Kong to support the Uighurs, a Muslim minority group that has seen an estimated 1 million members detained in internment camps in China. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Daniel Philpott
President Trump may be a flawed messenger, but his administration is making significant progress in promoting global religious freedom, writes Daniel Philpott of the University of Notre Dame.