President Trump issues proclamation marking Religious Freedom Day
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Archbishop shines spotlight on abducted and abused minors in Pakistan
Vatican News July 14, 2022 Original article Archbishop Sebastian Shaw of Lahore in Pakistan is urging the international community to do more to address kidnapping, forced conversion and sexual victimisation of young people from Christian and other religious minorities in Pakistan. Every year 1,000 Christian and Hindu women and girls aged between 12 and 25…
ASIA/PAKISTAN – Forced conversions: a bill is urgently needed to protect religious freedom
Agenzia Fides Mar 24, 2022 Link to article Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – Forced conversions to Islam threaten religious freedom and religious pluralism in Pakistan, therefore it is urgent to introduce legal and administrative guarantees to address crimes involving forced conversions, child marriage and abuse of women in Pakistan. These are the requests made in the…
China Now Threatens Religious Freedom in Hong Kong
Nina Shea National Review Mar 20, 2022 Link to article As the CCP subjugates Hong Kong’s churches and their schools, no political space to object remains. At Beijing’s insistence last October, Hong Kong’s Bishop-elect Stephen Chow and 15 senior Catholic priests met with the mainland’s state-controlled Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association. As the government watched on…
June 10, 2020: Bishops in Middle East and Nigeria Applaud Trump’s Religious-Liberty Executive Order
https://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/bishops-in-middle-east-and-nigeria-applaud-trumps-religious-liberty-executi The … Church leaders in the Middle East and Nigeria contacted by the Register have enthusiastically welcomed the document. The presidential directive, which President Trump signed at the White House … prioritizes international religious freedom in foreign policy and overseas government aid projects, budgets $50 million a year for programs that advance religious liberty…