Expressing gratitude for the support that allows the Pontifical Foundation to continue to fulfill its mission drawing attention to victims of religious persecution and provide economic and ...

Attempts to lock up 31 academics have shown that the Mexican government is escalating the persecution of scholars “to another level,” researchers in the country have said. Mexico’s attorney general, ...

Religious persecution is a fundamental policy of the Chinese Communist Party. It’s most obvious today in Beijing’s cultural genocide against Muslim Uighurs, right down to the massive concentration ...

As in 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic continued to dominate headlines in 2021, and we continued to cover the response from governments around the world, some of which used restrictions in the name of ...

Memorial, a cornerstone of Russian civil society, is under threat of liquidation by the Russian authorities on baseless charges. Memorial’s two entities - Memorial Human Rights Centre and ...

Students at St. Paul of the Cross Catholic School in Park Ridge got a distinguished visitor Sept. 29 when a Nobel Peace Prize nominee came to speak to them. Juliana Taimoorazy, who in 2007 started the ...

MOSCOW -- A Russian nongovernmental organization that has defended the rights of conscripts in the Russian Army for more than two decades says it has ceased its activities because it faces possible ...

“We’re deeply alarmed at yesterday’s decision by the U.S. State Department to end the designation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern. This is likely in direct violation of the International ...

YAOUNDÈ, Cameroon – On Sunday, Christians of different denominations will participate in the International Day of Prayer (IDOP) for persecuted Christians. It will be yet another opportunity to ...

From All Saints’ Day to the International Day of Prayer, let’s honor beleaguered believers by following three rules in advocating for religious freedom for all. Two observances this week—All Saints' ...