Articles on this issue "religious persecution"
An attack against the Christians of Iraq is an attack against the entire country, says Benedict XVI. In a statement sent today to Cardinal Emmanuel III Delly of Baghdad on the Pope's behalf by …
read moreThe provincial superior of the Redemptorists in Vietnam said the local government has illegally confiscated land belonging to their monastery and is allowing a business to settle there. In a …
read moreThe beatification of 498 martyrs, victims of religious persecution in the 1930s, is a testament of their virtue and faith, not a political statement, according to the Spanish bishops' …
read moreHere is the text of an address delivered by the Holy See's representative, Monsignor Anthony Frontiero, to the annual meeting of the Organization for Security Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The …
read moreThere has been progress toward reducing religious persecution and discrimination in the world, according to the latest annual report from the U.S. State Department. The "2007 Annual Report on …
read moreThe Orthodox Church of Cyprus announced that the Turkish government cancelled a visit between two Christian leaders in Ankara. The meeting between Chrysostomos II, Orthodox archbishop of New …
read moreBenedict XVI commemorated the 100th anniversary of the birth of an Italian Catholic who was murdered by Nazis after saving the lives of numerous Jews. The Pope said that Odoardo Focherini is …
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