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Religious Freedom

European Union flags flutter outside the EU headquarters in Brussels July 15, 2021. (CNS photo/Yves Herman, Reuters)

World

EU bishops' commission urges action to protect religious freedom

Catholic News Service|Jul 20, 2021|2 Min Read

Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., is seen receiving the 2017 "Cedars of God" award during the annual In Defense of Christians Summit in Washington. In July 14, 2021, address to the International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington, Smith said China's leader Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party have exponentially increased persecution against religious believers "in ways not seen since the Cultural Revolution." (CNS photo/Jaclyn Lippelmann, Catholic Standard)

Genocide charges 'must be pursued,' Smith says at religious freedom summit

Mark Pattison|Jul 15, 2021|3 Min Read

Father Yuri Sanko, spokesman for the Belarusian bishops' conference, is pictured in an undated photo. Father Sanko has downplayed a police raid on the Minsk's Catholic cathedral July 4, 2021, although a prominent lay Catholic warned arrests elsewhere suggested the move could signal further police action. (CNS photo/courtesy Father Yuri Sanko)

World

Belarusian president warns against singing of decades-old hymn

Jonathan Luxmoore|Jul 9, 2021|4 Min Read

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington is seen June 24, 2021. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Next term: Court to take up religious schools, rejects wedding florist

Carol Zimmermann|Jul 6, 2021|4 Min Read

People paddle board along the Potomac River in Washington June 25, 2021. This year's International Religious Summit will be held in the nation's capital July 13-15. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Charter on religious freedom rights released ahead of international summit

Catholic News Service|Jun 28, 2021|3 Min Read

People recite the rosary while participating in a roadside prayer rally at St. James Church in Setauket, N.Y., June 24, 2020, to mark the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' annual Religious Freedom Week. The observance always begins June 22, the feast of two English martyrs who fought religious persecution, Sts. Thomas More and John Fisher, and ends June 29, the feast of two apostles martyred in Rome, Sts. Peter and Paul. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Faith

Celebrate freedom to live faith publicly, work to protect it, says bishop

Catholic News Service|Jun 22, 2021|3 Min Read

People march to protest the World Congress of Families, in Verona, Italy, Saturday, March 30, 2019. A congress in Italy under the auspices of a U.S. organization that defines family as strictly centering around a mother and father has made Verona — the city of Romeo and Juliet — the backdrop for a culture clash over family values, with a coalition of civic groups mobilizing against what they see as a counter-reform movement to limit LGBT and women's rights. (Antonio Calanni/AP via Crux)

World

Vatican invokes sovereign status to protest anti-homophobia bill

John L. Allen Jr.|Jun 22, 2021|4 Min Read

Eric and Anne Waxman recite the rosary while participating in a roadside prayer rally marking Religious Freedom Week at St. James Church in Setauket, N.Y., June 24, 2020. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

US Catholics urged to practice ‘solidarity’ on religious freedom

Catholic News Agency|Jun 21, 2021|3 Min Read

Sharonell Fulton, a foster parent in Philadelphia, is pictured with a young woman and children in a May 23, 2018, photo. In a unanimous decision June 17, 2021, the Supreme Court said that a Catholic social service agency should not have been excluded from Philadelphia's foster care program because it did not accept same-sex couples as foster parents. (CNS photo/courtesy Becket Religious Liberty for All)

Philadelphia foster parents welcome U.S. Supreme Court's unanimous ruling

Gina Christian|Jun 17, 2021|4 Min Read

Women pose for a picture near the U.S Supreme Court building in Washington June 17, 2021. In a unanimous decision June 17, the Supreme Court said that a Catholic social service agency should not have been excluded from Philadelphia's foster care program because it did not accept same-sex couples as foster parents. (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)

Ruling seen as victory for children, foster parents and religious liberty

Matthew Gambino|Jun 17, 2021|5 Min Read

Women pose for a picture near the U.S Supreme Court building in Washington June 17, 2021. In a unanimous decision June 17, the Supreme Court said that a Catholic social service agency should not have been excluded from Philadelphia's foster care program because it did not accept same-sex couples as foster parents. (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)

Supreme Court rules in favor of Catholic agency in foster case

Carol Zimmermann|Jun 17, 2021|6 Min Read

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington June 13, 2021. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Supreme Court upholds health care law's individual mandate

Carol Zimmermann|Jun 17, 2021|5 Min Read

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