religious liberty / religious freedom

Ezra Jin Mingri, founder and pastor of an underground church, called for the release of China’s prisoners of conscience at a hearing Sept. 22 on Capitol Hill.

Advocates have urged President Donald Trump to raise human rights issues, including religious freedom, when Chinese President Xi Jinping visits Washington.

“I hope people will remember the fate of priests and lay Catholics now suffering in prison, showing through prayers that they’re not indifferent.”

The AG’s letter “reflects a misunderstanding of Americans’ fundamental right to religious freedom and is a glaring and dangerous government overreach.”

Defending the right to worship freely “is not only a civic duty but a core element of Catholic teaching,” said Archbishop John C. Wester.

“It is essential that federal agencies fully respect and protect the ability of all Americans to live out their faith in daily life.”

The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage ends July 5 with a closing Mass, procession and celebration in Philadelphia, which will begin with a special video message from Pope Leo XIV.

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. …

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin testified before a Senate appropriations subcommittee as the U.S. bishops called for changes to an immigration enforcement bill.

An Indigenous coalition filed an updated lawsuit in Phoenix to block a land transfer including their sacred site at Oak Flat, Arizona, from destruction.