Freedom of religion or belief is a fundamental human right that protects the practice of any or no religion. It ensures ...

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 ...

Religious freedom advocates addressed how democratic countries can prioritize and promote religious freedom at a plenary session of the 2026. The Feb. 2 panel was led by Knox Thames, a human rights ...

Nigeria is the deadliest country in the world for Christians, according to the new chair of the U.S. Commission on International Freedom (USCIRF). Vicky Hartzler, a Republican who represented Missouri ...

Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom nominee, former North Carolina Rep. Mark Walker, has waited over seven months for his Senate confirmation despite involved parties stressing the ...

(RNS) — The religious freedom watchdog urged the new Trump administration to appoint a new ambassador-at-large to address religious restrictions and persecution around the world. (RNS) — The U.S.

On March 25, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) held a launch event for its annual report. The event, held in a Senate office building on Capitol Hill, featured 10 current ...

President Trump’s nominee for US ambassador for international religious freedom is in Israel this week, visiting at a symbolic time as the administration continues its landmark push for peace in Gaza.

In the heart of Germany’s capital, a heated political debate has reignited over the boundaries of religious freedom in the public sphere. The Bundestag's Green Party group has submitted a motion to ...

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 ...

Anti-government demonstrators hold a banner featuring a group of Catholic cardinals including Nicaraguan Leopoldo Brenes, center right, and a quote from John Paul II that reads in Spanish, “The Church ...