Religious freedom in 2021

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Benjamin Boivin

Aid to the Church in Need has published its biennial report on religious freedom. What light does it shed on Christian persecution around the world?

Pope In US: Address at Meeting for Religious Liberty at Independence Hall

Saturday, September 26, 2015

Salt + Light Media

On Saturday, September 26, 2015, following Pope Francis’ mass with the religious of Philadelphia, Pope Francis met with the Hispanic community at Independence Hall for a Religious Liberty. See below for the full text of the Holy Father’s address, delivered in Spanish. (The final version will be published shortly) Address of His Holiness Pope Francis […]

Loyola vs. Quebec: the new reality of confessional secularism

Thursday, March 26, 2015

Sebastian Gomes

(Photo: loyola.ca) The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that Quebec’s Minister of Education infringed upon the religious freedom of Loyola, a private Catholic high school in Montreal, by requiring the school to teach all aspects of the province’s Ethics and Religious Culture Program (ERC) from a neutral perspective, i.e. from a non-confessional, or specifically […]

Freedom from Religion – The Canadian Edition

Monday, March 23, 2015

Stefan Slovak

Freedom of religion, it is something that generally speaking, Canadians take for granted. You can wake-up on Sunday mornings, and drive/walk/ride to the local parish. The music plays, the congregation prays, the priest offers the sacrifice of the mass. For most, the conversation ends right there, freedom of religion delivered, your social contract with the […]

The Most Persecuted People on Earth

Monday, March 16, 2015

Stefan Slovak

The best estimates out there suggest that in the world today, there are approximately 2.1 billion people who in some way, shape or form profess themselves as Christian. Even in a world of seven billion that’s not exactly a fledging minority; in fact it is one of the single largest demographics on planet earth. Despite […]

Freedom to Not Have Conscience

Monday, March 9, 2015

Stefan Slovak

On Friday March 6, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario issued a press release confirming that they had dispensed with the conscience rights of their members in the province. Of course, it would be very difficult to initially conclude that, given the PR friendly title of the release: “College Council approves new policy […]

Cardinal Dolan calls US Bishops to defend religious freedom

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Salt + Light Media

Cardinal Timothy Dolan gave his final address to the general assembly of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops this week during the USCCB Plenary Assembly. Below is the full text of his speech. Just last August, I had the honor of concelebrating the Mass of Dedication for the Cathedral of the Resurrection in Kiev. […]

Perspectives Daily – Wednesday, Jan. 16

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Carlos Ferreira

Tonight on Perspectives the Vatican is concerned about restrictions to religious freedom and we take a look at today’s General Audience

Papal Message for 130th Knights Supreme Convention

Sunday, August 5, 2012

Andrew Santos

Hello from California! Members of our team, including CEO Fr. Thomas Rosica, are on the ground here in Anaheim for what promises to be an exciting Knights convention! For more information concerning our coverage, visit our online page for detailed events and times. Listed below is a letter sent by Pope Benedict’s secretary of state, Cardinal […]

Opening the doors to Church freedom in Mexico

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Alicia Ambrosio

When John Paul II visited Mexico on his first Apostolic Journey in 1979, he had to apply for a visitor’s visa as a private citizen and paid fines for wearing his clerical attire in public. When Pope Benedict XVI landed in Mexico last week, he was visiting a very different Mexico. First and foremost Pope […]