Religious Freedom

In March, a lawsuit challenging Bill 21 was heard by the Supreme Court of Canada regarding its impact on religious freedom and equality.

The Department of Justice has moved to become a co-plaintiff in a lawsuit against New York state filed by the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, who operate a 42-bed palliative care …

Catholics located in the northern and remote areas of Pakistan often experience particular difficulties “just to keep their religion.”

“There are still four active lawsuits challenging continued construction of the mine and challenging the land transfer and trying to get it rescinded.” 

JERUSALEM (OSV News) — There has been a sharp rise in reported harassment against Christians in Israel, according to new data presented June 4 by the Religious Freedom Data Center. …

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom on May 12 reiterated its recommendation that President Donald Trump “swiftly” make a nomination to fill a key ambassador position to promote and …

“Our identity was denied, our citizenship was taken, and our dignity was slowly destroyed, largely because of our faith.”

The task force was directed to focus on anti-Christian bias, but the report argued that the issues it included “do not only affect Christians. Far from it.”

Belarus’s foremost Catholic dissident has urged Church leaders not to ignore the plight of his country’s political prisoners amid a continuing crackdown on religious freedoms.

Authoritarian regimes increasingly threaten the cause of international religious freedom, lawmakers and experts said Feb. 4.