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Washington D.C., Jun 14, 2013 / 02:34 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Grassroots activists gathered at the Iranian Embassies across the world on June 13 to protest human rights violations in Iran, particularly the imprisonment of American citizen, Pastor Saeed Abedini. According to Tiffany Barrans of the American Center for Law and Justice, activists in Washington, D.C., [...]
Washington D.C., Jun 14, 2013 / 05:15 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Members of the Congressional Values Action Team of the House of Representatives gathered at a special order to voice their concerns over threats to religious freedom posed by the recent health care overhaul. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.) told Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) [...]
“In today’s world, religious freedom is more often asserted than accomplished,” Pope Francis said as he greeted Italian President Giorgio Napolitano to the Vatican on June …
Washington D.C., Jun 3, 2013 / 05:28 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Current threats to religious freedom in the United States demand that people of faith speak out in defense of their fundamental rights, said Rev. Samuel Rodriguez. “Freedom of religion in America can best be characterized in the year 2013 as nothing other than an 'endangered [...]
Washington D.C., May 31, 2013 / 04:42 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The head of a federal commission that promotes religious liberty warned that while threats to religious freedom in the U.S. are not violent, they still pose a serious ‘moral test’ for the country. “There is no doubt that religious freedom faces extraordinary and novel challenges [...]
In a lengthy interview with Vatican Radio, the new head of the Institute for Religious Works (IOR), popularly known as the Vatican bank, praised the institute’s financial and ethical …
Washington D.C., May 30, 2013 / 06:12 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- True religious liberty does not require religious individuals to minimize differences in the tenets of their faith, said Jewish Rabbi Meir Soloveichik. Instead, he maintained, religious freedom demands that people of faith live “both as stranger and neighbor” within society. “We do not need to [...]
Los Angeles, Calif., May 30, 2013 / 02:02 am (CNA).- Catholic religious orders will soon release confidential files about priests accused of sex abuse who were assigned to work in Los Angeles, fulfilling part of a settlement agreement with victims. The files involve orders including the Salesians, Vincentians and Marianists and will begin to be [...]
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