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Religious Freedom

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping visit the Temple of Heaven in Beijing May 14, 2026. (OSV New photo/Brendan Smialowski pool via Reuters)

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USCIRF urges president to press for release of religious prisoners in China

Tessa Gervasini|Sep 15, 2026|3 Min Read

Archbishop Richard Moth is pictured in an undated photo. (OSV News photo/Marcin Mazur, Bishops' Conference of England and Wales)

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Westminster archbishop urges UN to act against global persecution of believers

Tessa Gervasini|Aug 18, 2026|2 Min Read

A file photo shows students at Cardinal Gibbons High School in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., receiving Communion during a Mass and rally for the opening of the school year. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier sent a letter July 31, 2026, to the Catholic bishops of Florida demanding that Catholic schools in the Sunshine State adopt religious exemptions to vaccine requirements or risk their ability to participate in the state's school voucher program. (OSV News photo/Tom Tracy)

Florida AG threatens Catholic schools' voucher funding over vaccine rule

Kate Scanlon|Aug 3, 2026|4 Min Read

The Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario, is pictured Nov. 4, 2019. In Québec, Bill 21, officially known as "An Act Respecting the Laicity of the State," prohibits public servants in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols at work. Passed by the Québec National Assembly June 16, 2019, it faced a challenge on religious liberty grounds before the Supreme Court in a four-day hearing in March 2026. A ruling is not expected until later in the year or early 2027. (OSV News photo/Chris Helgren, Reuters)

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Bill 21 showdown: Canada's Supreme Court weighs religious symbols ban

Kimberley Heatherington|Jul 9, 2026|6 Min Read

Ezra Jin Mingri, founder and pastor of an underground church in China and a prisoner of conscience in that country until his release, is pictured in a 2018 file photo in Beijing. Mingri arrived in Los Angeles July 3, 2026, after he was released from imprisonment and reunited with his family in the U.S. shortly before Independence Day, U.S. officials said. (OSV News photo/Thomas Peter, Reuters)

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Detained Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri released by China, now in US

Kate Scanlon|Jul 6, 2026|3 Min Read

A Catholic choir sings during the funeral Mass Jan. 11 for people killed by Fulani herdsmen in Makurdi, Nigeria. With at least 80 people killed since the start of the year in conflict over fertile land in Nigeria, the nation's bishops condemned what they call brutal massacres of innocent people. (CNS photo/Afolabi Sotunde, Reuters) See NIGERIA-BISHOPS-MASSACRES Jan. 18, 2018.

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Nigeria report: Fulani terror groups, not Boko Haram, behind most Christian deaths

EWTN News|Jul 2, 2026|4 Min Read

Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne with a resident at Rosary Hill Home in Hawthorne, New York. (“EWTN Pro-Life Weekly”/Screenshot)

DOJ joins Catholic nuns' lawsuit against NY transgender mandate

Tyler Arnold|Jun 19, 2026|2 Min Read

The Illinois Capitol in Springfield is pictured in this June 3, 2025, file photo. The Diocese of Springfield and a pregnancy center turned to a federal appeals court June 2, 2026, to challenge an Illinois nondiscrimination law that they said would force them to hire workers who do not share their pro-life mission. They filed an appeal with the 7th Circuit after a U.S. District Court judge dismissed the case as hypothetical March 31 and said they have no legal standing. (OSV News photo/Megan Marley)

Illinois Catholic diocese, pregnancy center appeal to federal court over nondiscrimination law they say threatens faith-based hiring

Simone Orendain|Jun 15, 2026|3 Min Read

Children hold candles during the Easter Vigil Mass at a church in Xiaohan village of Tianjin municipality in China in 2009. (CNS photo/Vincent Du, Reuters)

USCIRF hearing: Children 'bear the brunt' of international religious freedom violations

Kate Scanlon|Apr 30, 2026|3 Min Read

Supporters of the San Carlos Apache Tribe gather outside of the Sandra Day O'Connor U.S. Courthouse in Phoenix May 7, 2025, to protest the sale of Oak Flat, Ariz., land considered sacred by the Apache, to the Resolution Copper mining company. The Trump administration said March 23, 2026, it has cleared a legal path to proceed with a copper mining project it says will increase U.S. energy and manufacturing. However, the site is at the center of a religious liberty dispute rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court last year that a group of Native peoples continued to appeal. (OSV News photo/Stephanie Keith, Reuters)

White House will proceed with mining project that will destroy site sacred to Native Americans

Daniel Payne|Mar 25, 2026|3 Min Read

Sam Brownback, former U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, speaks Feb. 2, 2026, during the sixth annual International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington. Two days later Brownback addressed a House subcommittee hearing on the increasing threat authoritarian regimes pose to the cause of international religious freedom. (OSV News photo/Matt Rybczynski, courtesy IRF Summit)

House hearing examines rising global religious freedom threats, policy challenges

Kate Scanlon|Feb 4, 2026|4 Min Read

Attendees gather Feb. 2, 2026, during the sixth annual International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington. The Feb. 2-3 summit featured a diverse coalition of faith communities, human rights organizations, policymakers, academics, experts and other influential individuals from around the globe. (OSV News photo/Matt Rybczynski, courtesy IRF Summit)

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Threats to religious freedom present risks to global security, experts warn

Kate Scanlon|Feb 3, 2026|5 Min Read

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