USA: Court rejects Biden admin’s attempt to force religious employers to violate their beliefs

Mar 05, 2024 01:19

ZENIT Staff

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Local Church•Religious Freedom

This is what the first report on religious freedom in the U.S. prepared by the country’s Catholic bishops says

The issues of abortion and gender identity were at the heart of key cultural trends affecting religious liberty. Opposition to Christians’ witness against abortion continued to motivate vandalism against churches and pro-life pregnancy centers. The celebration of “Pride Month” generated numerous controversies, including protest and counterprotest of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ decision to honor an anti-Catholic group as part of the baseball team’s “Pride Night” festivities.

Jan 16, 2024 23:07

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Religious Freedom

USA: bishops release first report on religious freedom in the country

The report identifies a wide range of concerns, such as federal agencies misusing laws meant to aid pregnant women in order to promote abortion, threats to the safety of our Jewish and Muslim neighbors, and hostility toward ministries serving migrants and refugees, and suggests how individuals and communities can respond.

Jan 16, 2024 21:03

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Religious Freedom•Testimonies

King Charles III meets survivors of persecution

The King listened as Father Alfred Ebalu, a survivor of abduction, death threats and violence in Nigeria, highlighted growing persecution of Christians and others in Africa’s most populous country.

Dec 09, 2022 20:14

John Pontifex

Local Church•Persecuted Christians•Religious Freedom•Testimonies

Poignant: Was the Departure of Mother Teresa’s Nuns, Expelled from Nicaragua by Daniel Ortega’s Regime

The diocese of Tilarán – Liberia, distributed photographs of the nuns’ exodus, expelled from the interior of Nicaragua.

Jul 08, 2022 13:55

Redacción zenit

Religious Freedom

Faith Sustains Americans During Pandemic

2020 Becket Religious Freedom Index

Dec 10, 2020 01:17

Jim Fair

“I’ve never seen anything like it”: Leon XIV recounts his trip to Africa and the impact his encounter with prisoners in Guinea had on him

General Audience with the Pope, April 29, 2026, on the Apostolic Journey to Algeria, Cameroon, Angola, and Equatorial Guinea

Some Characteristics of the Papal Diplomatic Priest: The Tasks Assigned by Leo XIV to Those Preparing to Become His Ambassadors

Address by the Holy Father to the community of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy on the occasion of its 325th anniversary

USA: Court rejects Biden admin’s attempt to force religious employers to violate their beliefs

Mozambique: Famine, disease and thirst predicted due to Islamist terrorism

Lent pro-life volunteers alarmed as Germany considers UK-style censorship zones to criminalise help and prayer near abortion organisations

Mozambique: clergy forced to flee, churches burned as violence escalates

Attack in Catholic Church in Istanbul: More Details Come to Light

Archbishop testifies to Islamic violence against Christians in Pakistan before British Parliament

Pope creates new diocese in China and appoints bishop, in agreement with country’s communist government

This is what the first report on religious freedom in the U.S. prepared by the country’s Catholic bishops says

USA: bishops release first report on religious freedom in the country

King Charles III meets survivors of persecution

Poignant: Was the Departure of Mother Teresa’s Nuns, Expelled from Nicaragua by Daniel Ortega’s Regime

Faith Sustains Americans During Pandemic