This is Religious Freedom Week, during which America's Catholic bishops call on us to pray, reflect and act to promote religious freedom. But it’s also a time to give thanks. As Catholics, we can look ...

The chairmen of the U.S. bishops' committees on international policy and religious liberty are calling attention to the repression and persecution of religion as being detrimental to peace. "Religious ...

Religious freedom, Congress unanimously declared in 1998, “undergirds the very origin and existence of the United States.” Presidents of both parties have called it a “fundamental human right,” a ...

Wednesday was National Religious Freedom Day — a fitting opportunity for Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Nebraska, to ask the Senate to “unanimously reaffirm our oath of office to a Constitution that rejects ...

Religious leaders, professors, scholars and peers meet for the Religious Freedom Annual Review. The meeting was held on June 17, 2025. (Jayden Barney) The Religious Freedom Annual Review was held at ...

Pope Leo XIV talks to pilgrims and visitors during his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Oct. 22, 2025. Credit: CNS photo/Lola Gomez Almost two-thirds of humanity—more than ...