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Myanmar

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Some Christians in Myanmar prepare to spend second Christmas in camps

Catholic News Service|Dec 15, 2022|4 Min Read

Nigeria

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Human rights commission ‘outraged’ as State Department excludes Nigeria from watchlist

Jonah McKeown|Dec 5, 2022|4 Min Read

Father Tesfaldet Tekie Tsada and Father Tesfaldet Asghedom, two natives of Eritrea serving at Sacred Heart Church in LA, both served previously with Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim in their homeland. Bishop Fikremariam has been detained by Eritrean authorities since Oct. 15. (Victor Alemán)

LA’s Eritrean Catholics stand in solidarity with arrested bishop

Ann Rodgers|Nov 8, 2022|6 Min Read

Archbishop Bashar Warda speaking at the R20 Summit in Indonesia, Nov. 2, 2022. (Courtesy of Bishop Warda via CNA)

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Iraqi archbishop calls for courageous dialogue among religions, end to violent persecution

Anian Christoph Wimmer|Nov 3, 2022|3 Min Read

(Pixabay via CNA)

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ADF calls on human rights commission to defend religious freedom in Mexico and Nicaragua

Catholic News Agency|Nov 1, 2022|3 Min Read

Displaced Nigerians camped near St. Francis Xavier Parish in Agagbe, Nigeria, in 2022. (Courtesy of Adakole Daniel via CNA)

World

Human rights activists call on US State Department to return Nigeria to religious freedom watchlist

Catholic News Agency|Sep 20, 2022|2 Min Read

A priest prays over a casket during a during a burial outside St. Francis Xavier Church in Owo, Nigeria, June 17, 2022. The Mass was for at least 50 victims killed in a June 5 attack by gunmen during Mass at the church. (CNS photo/Temilade Adelaja, Reuters)

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Two churches attacked in northern Nigeria

Inés San Martín|Jun 20, 2022|4 Min Read

Local officials survey a bloodstained floor after the attack on St. Francis Church in Owo. (AFP via Getty Images)

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At least 50 feared dead in attack on Catholic church in Nigeria

Shannon Mullen|Jun 5, 2022|3 Min Read

A woman in Yangon, Myanmar, lights candles during the Festival of Lights Oct. 31, 2020. Myanmar, in Southeast Asia, is among countries singled out in the U.S. State Department's 2021 Report on International Religious Freedom for abusing citizens' religious rights. The report, which calls the country by its former name of Burma, was released in Washington June 2, 2022. (CNS photo/Shwe Paw Mya Tin, Reuters)

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Blinken calls respect for religious freedom 'vital foreign policy priority'

Catholic News Service|Jun 3, 2022|4 Min Read

Father Stephen Ojapah and Father Oliver Okpara, who were abducted in Nigeria’s Sokoto diocese on May 25, 2022. (Father Chris Omotosho via CNA)

World

Gunmen kidnap 2 Catholic priests in Nigeria

Catholic News Agency|May 26, 2022|2 Min Read

Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, retired bishop of Hong Kong, celebrates Mass in Hong Kong May 24, 2022. May 24 is marked worldwide as the day for prayer for the church in China. (CNS photo/Tyrone Siu, Reuters)

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Cardinal Zen: ‘Martyrdom is normal in our Church’

Courtney Mares|May 25, 2022|2 Min Read

A woman is seen praying during Mass at a church in Beijing Sept. 29, 2018. Bishop Joseph Zhang Weizhu of Xinxiang -- a Vatican-approved Chinese prelate --remains in detention more than one year after his arrest, accused of violating the communist country's regulations on religious affairs. (CNS photo/Jason Lee, Reuters)

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Chinese bishop's whereabouts remain unknown a year after his arrest

Catholic News Service|May 24, 2022|3 Min Read

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