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Catholic News - General
Catholic nonprofit’s global religious freedom report to be released Oct. 21
Cardinal Pietro Parolin speaks at an Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) press conference in Rome, Italy, on Sept…
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Catholic News - Pope
Pope Leo XIV: Right to religious freedom is not optional but essential
Pope Leo XIV meets with members of Aid to the Church in Need at the Vatican on Oct. 10, 2025.…
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Catholic bishops call on EU to appoint special envoy for religious freedom
The flag of the European Union. / Credit: U. J. Alexander/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 8, 2025 / 16:43 pm…
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Catholic News - Americas
Native American group loses religious freedom appeal at Supreme Court
On Oct. 6, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a rehearing of the case filed by Apache Stronghold, a coalition…
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Catholic News - Pope
Freedom of speech, religion in play as Spanish priest prosecuted for denouncing radical Islam
Father Custodio Ballester. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Hazteoir.org Ann Arbor, Michigan, Oct 3, 2025 / 14:23 pm (CNA). Freedom…
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Catholic News - General
Nigeria, Iran, China top priority countries for new religious freedom commission chair
Burned vehicles after Good Friday raid on April 7, 2023, in Ngban, Benue state, Nigeria. / Courtesy of Justice, Development,…
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Catholic News - Pope
Report: Taliban law erases religious freedom, targets women and religious minorities
A mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2024. / Credit: eyetravelphotos/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 18, 2025 / 16:04 pm (CNA).…
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Catholic News - Americas
Nicaraguan dictatorship confiscates Catholic school: ‘An outrage against religious freedom’
Rosario Murillo is “co-president” of Nicaragua. / Credit: Nicaraguan Council for Communication and Citizenship (CC0 1.0) ACI Prensa Staff, Aug…
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Catholic News - Pope
San Antonio Archdiocese to commemorate martyr who fought for religious freedom in Mexico
Blessed Anacleto González Flores, martyr of the religious persecution that Mexico experienced in the 1920s. / Credit: Mexican Bishops’ Conference…
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Catholic News - Pope
Andrea Picciotti-Bayer named religious freedom award winner
Attorney and columnist Andrea Picciotti-Bayer was named the winner of the Religious Freedom Impact Award by the Religious Freedom Institute…
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