The ruling Communist Party has long feared that opposition to its rule could be spread by religious and other civic groups outside its control.
Religious Freedom
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
In Christmas messages, Middle East patriarchs call for peace amid Christian persecution
Cardinal Bechara Rai, patriarch of Maronite Catholics, appealed to the international community to work to end terrorism “that is killing and displacing families and depriving them of their rights and dignities.”
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Egypt mourns for 25 Christians killed in church bombing
Those killed were mostly women and children. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack on Sunday.
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
Genocide, crucifixion and rape: What Christians are facing in the Middle East
“I am very aware that my ethnicity is dying.”
Posted inPolitics & Society, Signs Of the Times
Post-Castro Church
Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami was one of the first Catholic Church officials to respond on Nov. 26 after the death of Fidel Castro. “The death of this figure should lead us to invoke the patroness of Cuba, the Virgin of Charity, calling for peace for Cuba and its people,” he said
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
This bishop has helped free over 200 Christian hostages from ISIS
Deep inside Syria, a bishop worked around the blurred edges of international law to save the lives of more than 200 people.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Election could determine fate of religious freedom in health care
There is more on the line on November 8 than just the presidency.
Posted inFaith
Pope Francis speaks on Catholic-Lutheran relations ahead of visit to Sweden
On Oct. 31 the pope will participate in a ceremony to mark 500 years since the start of the Reformation.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Can Christians return to Mosul? The displaced wait with uncertainty.
Given the recent move on Mosul, Iraqi Christians hope their time in exile is soon coming to an end.
Posted inFaith, News
Attract followers, don’t proselytize, says Pope Francis
Pope Francis asked people to follow the example of St. Therese of Lisieux.