New York state sues Buffalo diocese over priest misconduct
- Nov 24, 2020
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UN investigator: Rights of minorities to worship undermined
- Nov 5, 2020
The U.N. special investigator on religious freedom urged countries to repeal laws undermining the right of minorities to worship and hold beliefs, pointing as examples to China’s detention of Uighurs, 21 countries that criminalize apostasy, and sweeping surveillance of Christians in North Korea and Muslims in Thailand.
As Europe faces new lockdowns, no uniformity on suspending Mass
- Nov 3, 2020
As Europe faces a new wave of coronavirus lockdowns, public worship is once again on hold in some places but still allowed in others.
Church: California city violated its rights during pandemic
- Oct 30, 2020
When other church leaders protested coronavirus shutdown orders, saying they were following the word of the Lord, pastor Joe Garcia said he followed the word of the law.
US official says UN has ‘lack of curiosity’ on Xinjiang
- Oct 29, 2020
The United Nations is not doing enough to investigate reported abuses in China’s Xinjiang region against members of Muslim minority groups, the U.S. envoy for women’s issues said Thursday.
Scottish bishop urges change to hate crime law to protect religious believers
- Oct 14, 2020
Scotland’s government should heed Pope Francis’s call to “foster encounter and to seek convergence on at least some issues” as it debates hate crime legislation, according to Bishop Jopseph Toal of Motherwell.
California church files for preliminary injunction on Newsom’s restrictions
- Oct 8, 2020
After a federal appeals court rejected its motion for an emergency injunction against California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s COVID-19 restrictions on indoor worship, a Pasadena-based apostolic Christian church filed a brief Oct. 5 for that court to consider the “full merits” of a preliminary injunction.
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