#Religious freedom

Romania: 13 representatives of cults in defence of religious freedom. Bănescu (Orthodox Patriarchate), “religion an essential part of the cultural code”

Persecuted Christians: Sarti (ACN President), “may dioceses and parishes voice the suffering of persecuted Christians”

“Solidarity, charity and cooperation”: for Sandra Sarti, the new president of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) Italy, these…

Israel. Berg-Rafaeli (MFA): “Tolerance and dialogue to counter all forms of extremism and fundamentalism”

Interview with Tania Berg-Rafaeli, Director of the Department for World Religions at Israel’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs. “Tolerance and dialogue,”…

Northern Ireland: Mgr. Martin writes to Equality Commission after Belfast Telegraph’s refusal to print an advert declaration by Bishops

Council of Europe: “racism and anti-Muslim discrimination” at the focus of a seminar in the context of the Irish presidency

Religious freedom. ACN Report: “Grave violations in one in three world countries”

The 15th Report of Aid to the Church in Need on religious freedom in the world (2018-2020) was presented today.…

Pope in Iraq. Card. Sako: “The time has come for religion-State separation”. Four concrete proposals

One month after Pope Francis’ visit (5-8 March), Card. Louis Raphael Sako, Chaldean Patriarch of Baghdad, reaffirmed the importance for…

Manuel Barrios Prieto (COMECE): “Solidarity is key to overcoming the crisis”

The closing session of the plenary Assembly of the Delegates of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union saw the…

COMECE: Plenary Assembly of EU Bishops on Covid-19 recovery, migration and freedom of religion on 17-18 March

Denmark: obligation to preach in Danish. Bishop Kozon: “It’s a bad law”

The proponents of the bill claim it is intended to counter “radicalisation”, but in fact it would represent an imposition…

Denmark: draft law introducing obligation to translate homilies and sermons into Danish. Card. Hollerich (COMECE), “erosion of religious freedom”