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A Milestone for Peace in Southern Sudan, A Call for Peace in Darfur
Anti-Conversion Law Wrong Path, Says Bishop
A Religious Upheaval In India... And What It Means For Catholicism
A look at religious freedom in the world ("The World Over" Air Date: 5/18/2007)
A look at China ("EWTN Live" Air Date: 1/9/2008)
At Synod, Regrets Over Absence of 4 Chinese
Anti-Christian Attacks In Pakistan Cannot Be Justified
Archbishop Pleas on Behalf of 40 Pakistani
Christians
Appeal Made for 8 Christians Arrested in Saudi Arabia
Another Convent Attacked and Looted in Bihar
Appeals Court Considers China Woman's Forced-Birth Control Asylum
Azerbaijani Catholics Get Papal Praise
Afghan man could face death for becoming Christian
Afghan Convert Spared; Pope Made Plea
Afghan convert granted asylum in Italy (2006)
Afghan Faces Death Penalty for Converting to
Christianity
Ad Sinarum Gentem (On the Supranationality of the Church)
Ad Apostolorum Principis (Communism and the Church in China)
Albanian Bishop Recalls an Era of Agonies
ACTIVIST AGAINST FORCED ABORTION IN CHINA SUES LOCAL OFFICIALS
Abuse of Chinese Women and Children: Speak No Evil
Arab Nations Financing Spread of Islam in Sudan
Bishop
Macram Gassis Talks About Sudan ("EWTN Live" Air Date: 11/24/2004)
Bishop Says Success in Iraq Includes Religious Liberty
Bishops Call For an End to Cuba Travel Ban; Sanctions Reflect a Failed Policy
Bishops Express Concern Over Zimbabwe
Benedict XVI Encourages Zimbabwe's Bishops
Bethlehem Seeing More Pilgrims
Bishop Ricard reports progress in Sudan ("The Florida Catholic", 8/3/2007)
Brazilian Priest Brutally Murdered
Bishop Jia Released After 10-Month Detention
Bishop Ricard Speaks On Massacre In Eastern Congo
Bush
Administration: China Still Violating Women With Forced Abortions
Bomb at Christian Market Kills 7 in Indonesia
Benedict XVI Praying for 3 Condemned to Death
Bishops To Secretary Clinton: Lift Cuba Embargo To Promote Freedom
Bishops Say Nation Cannot Remain Silent About Crisis in Darfur
Bishop faithful to Rome challenges Chinese government
Beijing Asking for Halt to Illicit Ordinations
China's
Crackdown on Christians
Colombian bishop explains Church’s proposal for dialogue with rebel groups
The Catholic Martyrs of the Twentieth Century
Cardinal Dolan Prays For Return Of Orthodox Archbishops Kidnapped In Syria
The Church and the Global Crisis of Religious Liberty
Compendium of the Letter of the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI to the Catholic Church in China
Congressional leaders support Chinese pro-life activist Catholic News Agency (CNA)
China's Southwest Provinces See Thousands Riot Over Forced Abortions
Chinese Birth-Control Foes Arrested
Christianity on Trial in Turkey
Chinese Underground Bishop Dies at 103
Church Will Always Be Persecuted, Pope Says
Cardinal Dias Defends Pope on Religious Freedom
Cardinal Zen Says Chinese Catholics Are Winning
Catholics in India Demanding Protection
Christian persecution around the world-SunNews Video Gallery
Chinese Diocese Remembers Its Martyrs
CHINESE UNDERGROUND BISHOP ARRESTED AGAIN
CHINA ACTIVIST AGAINST FORCED ABORTIONS CHEN GUNAGCHENG JAILED FOR FOUR YEARS
China Arrests Forced Abortion Protesters, Family Planning Officials Killed
China Forced Abortions Ironic as One-Child Policy Yields Labor Shortages
Chinese
authorities plan destruction of revered Marian shrine
Canonized Martyrs of China ("EWTN Live" Air Date: 4/26/2006)
CHINA DEMANDS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, CARDINAL SAYS
China Frees 2 Priests, but Not Their Bishop
Chinese Bishop Hospitalized After Detention
China Officials in Baise City Claim Forced Abortion Reports Fabricated
China College
Forces Pregnancy Tests on Students, Abortion Worries
China ordains Vatican-approved bishop over weekend
China Called to Account for ‘Barbaric’ Attack Against Nuns
China Investigating Attack on Nuns
Chinese Snubs Vatican on Ordination
China Uncontrite Over Ordination
Chinese Bishop Freed After 10 Years
Cardinal Zen Counsels Patience
Christians in the Holy Land Still Struggling
Chinese Bishop, Priest and 90 Catholics Arrested
Condemned Indonesian prisoners receive papal support (2006)
Clerics Call for Christian Convert's Death Despite Western Outrage
Cuba Allowing 2 Bishops to Broadcast
Chinese government rejects Vatican protests (2006)
Chinese Catholics ask prayers to withstand pressure (2006)
Chinese bishop disappears, priest arrested in Hebei (2006)
Cubans celebrate re-inauguration of Guantanamo church
Chinese Priests and Nuns Beaten in Tianjin
Chinese Province Experiences Vocation Surge
Church in Hebei Sees Little Relief at Easter
Chinese underground bishop released (4/26/2006)
Chinese Media Mum on Bush's Church Visit
Court Upholds Death Sentence for 3 Catholics
Chinese Bishop Hopes Diplomatic Ties Will Be Mended
Chinese Archbishop of Fuzhou Dies
Chinese Bishop Reportedly Ordained With
Vatican's OK
China Activist
Against Forced Abortions, Population Contol Arrested
CHINA ACTIVIST WHO EXPOSED FORCED ABORTION SCANDAL STILL UNDER HOUSE ARREST
Coptic Churches Attacked in Egypt
China's Long Lag in Religious Liberty
Chinese Priest and Seminarians Arrested
China arrests underground bishop again (2005)
Cardinal Sodano Says Ties With China Can Be Normalized
CHINA AUTHORITIES CLOSE DOWN LAW
FIRM HELPING FORCED ABORTION ACTIVIST
Chinese Official Comments on Vatican Invitation
Cuban bishop praises, government announces crackdown on home-based churches
Christianity Dying in Its Birthplace
Can Mideast Christians Survive?
Chairman Urges Action on Darfur Crisis
China Population Control Workers Arrested Over Forced Abortions
Christians Overlooked in Holy Land, Says Priest
China Imposes Stricter Internet Rules
China Lawyers Call for Release of Activist Against Forced Abortions
CHINESE AUTHORITIES ASSAULT
FORCED ABORTION ACTIVIST, HIS ATTORNEYS
China Rejects Vatican Invitation to 4 Bishops
Cuban Cardinal Assails Pro-U.S. Accusations
Chinese Bishops Still Have a Chance at Rome
Colombian bishops’ proposal for pre-dialogue rejected by FARC
Castro government limits celebration of patroness of Cuba
Church in Nigeria Alarmed Following Attacks
Colombia Backs Church Mediation With Guerrillas
Chinese Bishop Xie of Mingdong Dies
Colombian bishop reminds rebels that agreements must be “totally humanitarian”
Cuban cardinal outraged by pro-U.S. charge
Cuban cardinal outraged by government charges against Church (2005)
Colombian rebels
reject bishops' peace proposal (2005)
CATHOLICS DENOUNCE PERSECUTION IN CHINESE PROVINCE
Christians' Homes Destined for Demolition in Orissa
Chinese Bishop Jia Arrested Again
Christian's Homes Saved in Orissa "for Now"
Chinese Government arrests Vatican faithful bishop for the 6th time
China: more underground clerics arrested (2005)
Church Requests Whereabouts of Chinese Bishop
Christians in Holy Land in Crisis, Says Report
CHINA RELEASES UNDERGROUND PRIEST (2005)
China Releases Diocesan Administrator
CUBAN DISSIDENTS HARASSED ALTER ATTENDING PALM SUNDAY CELEBRATIONS
China Explains Detaining Woman in Coercive Abortion Case
China's Grip on Religious Expression
China Shuts 400 Temples and Churches in Zhejiang
Province
China's Persecution of Women and Children: More of the Same
Chinese Bishop Jia Is Released
Chinese Woman Who Fought Forced Abortion Receives Continued Torture
Christians in Palestine Concerned About Their Future
CARDINAL WAKO OF KHARTOUM, SUDAN: APPEAL FOR PEACE
China Tightens the Screws on Religion
CHINA ARRESTS 7 PRIESTS OF UNDERGROUND CHURCH
Catholic Hospital Opens in North Korea
China confirms it will not let Bishop travel, sets conditions to renew relations with Vatican
CHINESE
BISHOP ARRESTED; DEFIED GOVERNMENT ORDERS
China Releases 7 Priests From Detention
Coping in Rwanda, Burundi and Congo
Chinese underground bishop jailed (2005)
China Releases Priest Under House Arrest Since '99
Cardinal sees positive legacy for Sudanese rebel leader (2005)
Chinese Bishop Hopes '08 Olympics Helps Religion
Crozier of Murdered Mexican Prelate Placed in Rome Church
China: new political push to control Catholic Church (2005)
China Overstepping on Ordinations, Says Cardinal
Delegation
Presses U.N. Official on Sudan Crisis
DIRECT INVOLVEMENT BY U.S. NECESSARY FOR RESOLUTION OF CRISIS IN DARFUR, SAYS BISHOP (2004)
Darfur Aid Workers Inhibited by Militias
Darfur Probe "Overdue," Says Observer
DETAILS OF FORCED ABORTIONS IN CHINA EMERGE AS BLIND ACTIVIST STILL DETAINED
Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust ("The World Over" Air Date:
7/7/2006)
Episcopate Forgives Rebels for Murder of Priests
Evangelical leader urges US action on Darfur (2005)
Executions Done, But Questions Remain
EWTN Live - 2013 - 07-17 - Archbishop Jean Sleiman - Church of Iraq
European Parliament to China: End Religious Repression
Easter: the Best and Worst of Times
EU asks China to reconsider travel ban for bishops
Estonia Sees Resurgence of the Church
Exclusive: Mariam Ibraheem opens up about harrowing ordeal Interviews Fox News
Faithful Waited 70 Years for Confirmation in
Azerbaijan
The Forgotten: Catholics in the Soviet Empire from Lenin through Stalin
Formerly Imprisoned Chinese Bishop Dies
From Communist Militant to Underground Priest
For Greater Glory(Movie-Web Site)
For Greater Glory The True Story of Cristeros - YouTube
Facing Into Venezuela's Ongoing Crisis
Funeral Authorized for Chinese Underground Bishop
Focolare Helping Children in Sudan
Forced Abortion Campaign in China
Continues, 61 Women Victimized
FORCED ABORTION ACTIVIST CHEN
GUANGCHENG APPEALS BOGUS JAIL SENTENCE
Future of Christians in China (Part 1)
Future of Christians in China (Part 2)
Giving Child-Soldiers a New Lease on Life
Governor in India Refuses to Sign Anti-Conversion Bill
Halt
to Genocide in Darfur Region of Sudan Is Urged
Havana Urged by Pope to Allow Religious Freedom
Holy See Urges More Effort to Halt Darfur Tragedy
Holy Land Christians raise voices against ‘Islamic mafia’
Hong Kong Catholics "enjoy religious freedom," Church leader says
Holy See Address on Plight of Palestinian Christians
Hong Kong Bishop: Some Schools Might Close
Holy Father Appeals for Peace in East Timor
Hanoi Tiptoes Around Religious Freedom
Human rights defender harassed by Cuban government agents
Hong Kong Cardinal: Chinese Catholics want to be led by the Pope
'Hotel Rwanda': How true? ("The Florida Catholic", 4/28/2006)
Hong Kong Prelate: China to Halt Illicit
Ordinations
IRAN: RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOR ALL CITIZENS
Iranian Christian faces death penalty (2005)
India's Bishops Advocate Rights for Christian Dalits
Indian Anti-conversion Law Made Tougher
India's Bishops Praise U.S. Proposal on Castes
Indian State Pressured to Fire Christians
Indian Bishops Targeting Child Labor
India's Outcasts Doubly Alienated if Christian
Indian Bishop and Priests Pelted at Ceremony
India Urged to Protect Church Personnel
India Catholics protest Baptist violence (2006)
In China, "Catholics Are Winning"
Islam debases human rights, Jesuit argues (2006)
Indonesia to Ease Rules for Church Construction
Indonesia Executes 3 Catholics Over Muslim
Deaths
Indian priest
killed during ethnic clash (2005)
Islam still in control in Sudan's unity government (2005)
Islamic Violence Spurs Warning in Bangladesh
Indonesian Muslim Assails Forced Closure of
Churches
Indian Archdiocese Sets Up a "Forum Against Violence"
In Bethlehem, Rosaries Are an Economic Lifeline
In Sudan, It's
Now Wait and See
Indonesian Cardinal Appeals for Life of 3
Catholics
In Sudan, “Martyrdom is real”, says priest
India and Pakistan: Lands of Martyrs
In Reversal, Laos Blocks Ordination
International Religious Freedom Reflection from an Iraqi Bishop
Kenyan bishops rip government on crime rate (2005)
Kenya's Bishops: Halt "Crime and Insecurity"
Khartoum's Cardinal Says Problems Remain
Kung Foundation reports arrest of 82 year old Chinese bishop
Liberia: Peaceful But Far From Prosperous
MIAMI ARCHBISHOP DENOUNCES CUBAN GOVERNMENT FOR BLOCKING ENTRY OF DONATIONS
Mayada, Daughter of Iraq One Woman's Survival Under Saddam Hussein
Mass sterilizations taking place in China
Mistreatment of Chinese Priests and Nuns Assailed
MUSLIM MILITANTS ATTACK CATHOLIC SCHOOL IN KASHMIR
Meminisse Iuvat (Prayers for the Persecuted Church)
Mexican Martyrs
("Sunday Night Live w/ Fr. Benedict Groeschel" Air Date:
5/30/2010)
Mao Hengfeng Released From China Prison, but Husband Detained
Most Bishops in "Official" Chinese Church Have Papal OK
Mob Sets Churches Ablaze in Pakistan
Muslim Extremists Murder Philippine Christians
North Korea Engages in Forced Abortions, Infanticides Bush Report Says
North Korea's Food Crisis Worsening
Number of Christians surges in China (2005)
New Diocese in India Is 100% Dalit
New Chinese Bishop Said to Have Papal OK
Nigerian Priest: Another Victim of Violence
Nuncio in Central Asia Sees Reasons for Hope
News Blackout Follows Beating of Nuns in China
North Korean Christian evangelist to be executed as example
On the Plight of Catholics in Pakistan
On Religious Freedom in the World
Outlaw: One Priest in the Underground Chinese Church
Open conversion to Christianity still not possible in Egypt
Only One Church in China, Says Cardinal Zen
Out for Justice
President Bush Discusses Cuba Policy in Rose Garden Speech
(2003)
President Trump's 2017 Cuba Policy Change Speech
President Bush Recognizes Cuba Independence Day (2001)
Priest and Seminarian Arrested in China
Pope Prays for Slain Priest With Turkish Catholics
Pakistani Christians Forced From Homes
Priest Killed in Turkey a Martyr, Says Cardinal Ruini
Pakistan Sympathizes With Christians After Attacks
Plato's Ring in the Sudan: How Freedom Begets Isolation of the Soul
President Bush Discusses Genocide in Darfur, Implements Sanctions
President's Statement on the U.N. International Day in Support of Victims of
Torture (June 26, 2004)
President's Statement on Sudan Comprehensive Peace Agreement (2005)
Protect Human Lives in Darfur: A Statement on the Crisis in Darfur, Sudan
Pair of Convents Attacked in Bihar
Persecuted: The Global Assault on Christians
President Bush Appalled by Genocide in Darfur, Urges Support for Darfur Peace Agreement
President Bush Discusses Sanctions on Burma
President Bush Discusses Cuba (3/7/2008)
Population Control: Real Costs, Illusory Benefits
Pakistan's Bishops Target Blasphemy Law
Police in Pakistan Raid Catholic Bookstore
Pakistani Bishops Push to End Anti-Blasphemy Law
Pakistani Christians Shocked by Rampage
Priest explains growth of Catholicism in central China
President Meets with Darfur Advocates
Pope Exhorts Chávez to Respect Catholics' Rights
Peace Agreement Part Of Late Sudanese Vice President’s Legacy
Pakistani Court Annuls Law on Islamic Overseers
"Patriotic Association" Reportedly Reasserting Control
Pope Reiterates Desire to Help End Strife in Darfur
Pope Displeased by Illicit Ordinations in China
President Discusses Peace Agreement in Sudan
Pope Laments Christians' Plight in Holy Land
Religious Freedom: Where It Stands
Religious, ethnic tragedies continue in Sudan
Religious in Somalia Died Forgiving Her Killers
Religious Freedom Remains Elusive on Many Fronts
Religious Liberty in Africa (Part 1)
Religious Liberty in Africa (Part 2)
Religious Liberty in Africa (Part 3)
Religious Liberty in the Americas (1)
Religious Liberty in the Americas (2)
Religious Liberty in Europe (1)
Religious
Liberty in Europe (2)
Rebel ceasefire brings glimmer of hope for Nepal (2005)
Report Calls on China to Give Up Forced-Abortion Population Control Policy
Religious Groups Vexed in Vietnam
Remembering a Missionary Killed in Turkey
Religious Freedom Around the World
A Religious-Freedom Blacklist Grows
The Suffering Church (EWTN Series)
Sri Lanka Concerns Pope, Says Nuncio
Sudan: Country of Terrorism, Religious Persecution, Slavery, Rape, Genocide, and Man-Made Starvation
SUDAN'S
BISHOPS PROD GOVERNMENT ON DARFUR, CONFISCATED PROPERTY
Sudan: crisis on a biblical scale cries out for our help
Sudanese Cardinal Undaunted in Peace Process
Sudanese Peace Is Fragile, Says Cardinal
Sudan cited for arbitrary arrests, executions (2005)
Sudanese Cardinal Urges Forgiveness
Still No Equality for Croats in Balkans, Says
Cardinal
Sudanese Leaders Sign Peace Agreement (1/9/2005)
Sudanese Seminary to Move Back South
Saudis Slow to Liberalize, Says Missionary
Saudi's Conversion Lands Him in Prison
Sudanese Rebels Re-Commit to Peace Negotiations
Sri Lankan Bishop Accuses Navy of Attack at
Church
Sri Lanka Church Sacked and Burned
Silence on Religious Freedom Is Lamented
SUDANESE
GOVERNMENT EXPELLS CHARITY WORKER, WARNS AID ORGANIZATIONS IN DARFUR
Sudan shaken by former rebel leader's death (2005)
Sudanese cardinal asks commitment to peace process (2005)
Social Security Plan Seen as Snubbing Minorities
SONIA GANDHI, CATHOLIC BISHOPS DENOUNCE INDIA'S ANTI-CONVERSION LAWS
Togo Rivals Agree to End Violence
Testimony of a Lifetime Volunteer
Trial of China Forced Abortion Activist Ends in Chaos
Timorese bishops want UN human-right tribunal (2005)
Threat of Genocide Feared in Northern Uganda
Tough Vatican Stand on Chinese Bishops
Teen Killed Just for Being Catholic, Says Priest
U.S. BISHOPS JOIN
DELEGATION IN PRESSING ANNAN TO AID SUDAN CRISIS (10/29/2004)
USCCB Supports Darfur Peace And Accountability Act
U.S. Bishops Express Solidarity With Zimbabwe Bishops Calling For Democracy
U.S. Bishop Urges Action on Darfur Crisis
Underground Chinese Priest Released
Underground Bishop Peter Chang Dies
Underground Bishop Jia Arrested Again in China
U.S. Catholic Bishops Issue Letter Of Solidarity To Bishops In Myanmar
U.S. Catholic Bishops Urge Nation To Continue Leading Efforts To Help Refugees
The ‘Untouchables’:
The Human Face of India’s Caste System
Vietnam Grants Amnesty to Christian Prisoners
Vatican official says resolution to issue of religious freedom in Turkey urgent
Vatican condemns violence against religious in China
Vatican Officials to Discuss Church in China
Vatican welcomes Republic of South Sudan to the United Nations
Violent disruption of Christmas services in Sri Lanka (2006)
Vatican Statement on Illicit Ordinations in China
Victims of Forced Abortion in China Can Seek Asylum in United States
Vice President Mike Pence's 2017 Speech about
Persecuted Christians
Why So Much Violence Against Christians
World Over - 2013-07-18 -- The Late François-Xavier Cardinal Nguyên Van Thuán
with Raymond Arroyo
Year of the Eucharist: Food for Faith in China
Zimbabwe's Continuing Implosion
Zimbabwean Bishops Decry Government Program Against the Poor
Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Conference - Letter on the Poor
1st Volume Documents Attacks on Church in
Ukraine
2 Chinese Priests Arrested After Interview
2 Ordained in Vietnam After 40-Year Wait
2 Chinese Priests Released
6 Chinese Priests Arrested; 2 Reportedly Beaten
7 Christians Released in Saudi Arabia
7 Deacons Undergo Indoctrination in China
26 Catholic Pastoral Agents Slain in 2005
4,000 Christians in India Arrested During Protest
7,000 Attend Bishop Chang's Funeral Despite Intimidation