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‘Spiritually transformative’: Nun recalls Mali captivity in new religious freedom report

June 28, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Sister Gloria Cecilia Narváez Argoti, a missionary who was abducted in Mali in February 2017 and held for nearly five years. / Credit: ACN

ACI Africa, Jun 28, 2023 / 10:00 am (CNA).
Sister Gloria Cecilia Narváez Argoti, a missionary who was abd… […]

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Religious freedom report shows dangerous trends in the West

June 27, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 27, 2023 / 09:00 am (CNA).
Although the most severe cases of religious persecution are currently taking place in certain African and Asian countries, the 2023 Religious Freedom in the Wo… […]

The Dispatch

New study on religious liberty reveals wide discrepancy among States

June 26, 2023 Kathy Schiffer 2

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, at their Spring Plenary Assembly last week in Baltimore, declared this week “Religious Freedom Week.” Beginning June 22, the feast of St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher, the […]

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High school graduate wins religious freedom essay contest telling story of ‘Little Li’

June 26, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

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Denver, Colo., Jun 26, 2023 / 12:18 pm (CNA).
As part of Religious Freedom Week, the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops (USCCB) announced the “Witness to Freedom” essay contest winner. The winning e… […]

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The battle for religious liberty in education rages on in Maine

June 25, 2023 Charles J. Russo 5

The battle for religious liberty in education rages on. This important fight continues even though the Supreme Court, in opinions (three in the past six years) by Chief Justice John G. Roberts, invalidated laws limiting […]

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New report: More than 50% of people live in a country with serious religious persecution

June 22, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Bishop Rolando Álvarez of the Diocese of Matagalpa, Nicaragua. / Credit: Diocese of Matagalpa

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 22, 2023 / 16:15 pm (CNA).
More than half of the global population lives in a country in which state or non-state actor… […]

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UK Christian mom wins appeal after being fired from school job for social media posts

June 20, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

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London, England, Jun 20, 2023 / 09:15 am (CNA).
A Christian mother of two who was fired from her role as a school pastoral assistant for social media posts concerning sex education has won a legal appeal against the school’s dec… […]

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U.S. bishops urge Congress to make housing affordable

June 15, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

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Washington D.C., Jun 15, 2023 / 10:20 am (CNA).
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is urging Congress to support affordable… […]

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“My body, my choice,” vaccination mandates, and religious freedom

May 20, 2023 Charles J. Russo 25

On May 15, 2023, the Ninth Circuit, in Keene v. City and County of San Francisco, in a ruling that may signal a return to some semblance of normalcy in the post-COVID-19 world, reversed a […]

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UPDATE: Feds back off demand that Catholic hospital extinguish chapel candle

May 5, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

An inspector had deemed the Catholic chapel’s sanctuary candle a fire hazard. / Credit: Saint Francis Health System

Denver, Colo., May 5, 2023 / 10:25 am (CNA).
Federal government regulators backed off their demands that a Catholic hospital ext… […]

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