Political tact doesn’t stop Pope from (indirectly) tweaking Trump
- Oct 27, 2020
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Time honors Uighur American; House bans imports made by forced Uighur labor
- Sep 26, 2020
Nury Turkel, a Uighur American on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, who is a human rights advocate for Uighur Muslims and others persecuted for their religious faith, made Time magazine’s 2020 list of the world’s 100 most influential people.
Abraham Accords called ‘truly historic milestone’ in Middle East peace
- Sep 17, 2020
A Catholic congressman who is a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee called the Middle East peace accord signed Sept. 15 at the White House a “momentous pact” he hopes “is the beginning of several future peace accords to strengthen peace within the region.”
Disappearance of Chinese bishop is subject of congressional hearing
- Jul 31, 2020
The disappearance — and rumors of the possible death — of a Chinese Catholic bishop was the subject of a July 30 hearing by Congress’ Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission.
Smith, USCIRF welcome State Department report on religious persecution
- Dec 24, 2019
A Catholic member of Congress and the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom welcomed the U.S. Department of State’s redesignation of nine nations as “countries of particular concern” for carrying out or tolerating “systematic, ongoing, egregious violations of religious freedom.”
‘World of faith under siege,’ with threats ‘multiplying’ daily, says Smith
- Jul 24, 2019
The world is “filled with people in need,” including the unborn, trafficking victims, those “suffering the agonies of addiction and abuse, people with disabilities and still others facing famine and disease,” said U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey.
House urged to reject spending bill that would overturn pro-life policies
- Jun 19, 2019
The House of Representatives has begun debate on a bill that will overturn at least nine pro-life policies, including reinstating taxpayer-funded abortion domestically and abroad, according to Republican Rep. Chris Smith of New Jersey.
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