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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 Tale of Two Bishops

Archbishop Bashar Matti Warda of Erbil, Iraq discusses the difficult situations for Christians in the Middle East ("EWTN Live" Air Date: 7/11/2012)

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)

Apostates from Islam
 

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

Briefing for U.S. Bishops International Religious Freedom - Challenges, Distinctions, Opportunities, Dangers

Bishop Maccram Gassis talks about Sudan ("The World Over" Air Dates: 8/12/2005, 6/9/2006 and 4/20/2007) 

Benedict XVI Encourages Zimbabwe's Bishops

Bethlehem Seeing More Pilgrims

Bishop Ricard reports progress in Sudan ("The Florida Catholic", 8/3/2007)

Bishop Hongguang Dies at 80

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

Belarus Expels Polish Priest

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

Chinese Bishop Jia Released

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

China's Gulags

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

The Church's China Hurdle

Church Will Always Be Persecuted, Pope Says

Cardinal Dias Defends Pope on Religious Freedom

Cardinal Zen on China

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 Arrests Mass Attendees

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 Blocking 4 From Synod

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

Captive Nations Week, 2005

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

Christians in the Holy Land ("The World Over" Air Dates: 5/13/2005, 11/2/2007, 3/23/2007 and 3/10/2006) 

CARDINAL WAKO OF KHARTOUM, SUDAN: APPEAL FOR PEACE

Cry of the People of Darfur

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's Darkening Horizons

The Devil Came on Horseback

Darfur Aid Workers Inhibited by Militias
 

Darfur Probe "Overdue," Says Observer

DETAILS OF FORCED ABORTIONS IN CHINA EMERGE AS BLIND ACTIVIST STILL DETAINED

Dead End in Darfur?

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

Echoes From Crucified Iraq

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)

The Future of Darfur  

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

He Leadeth Me

Haiti in Extremis

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

Iran's Sakharovs

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

Letter to the Bishops, Priests, Consecrated Persons and the Lay Faithful in the People's Republic of China by Pope Benedict XVI

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

Meet Mugabe's Victims
 

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 in Pakistan

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

ROAD OF HOPE - DVD
 

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 Asia (1)

Religious Liberty in Asia (2)

Religious Liberty in Asia (3)

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

The real war on Christmas

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

Solidarity Pledge
 

Sudan Peace Act (2002)

Silenced

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

Send in the Mercenaries
 

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

Shrine Desecrated in India

Sri Lankan Bishop Accuses Navy of Attack at Church
 

Sri Lanka Church Sacked and Burned

Signs of Openness in Hanoi

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

Two Chinese Churches? Or One?

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)

Uzbekistan on the Rebound

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

Unrest on the Rise in Darfur

Underground Bishop Peter Chang Dies

Underground Bishop Jia Arrested Again in China

U.S. Bishops Urge Leaders To Work Harder For A Lasting Peace In Darfur, Support Resolution For United Nations Mission

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

Who will save Abdul Rahman?

Who's in China's Prisons?

Why Wang Wenyi Was Shouting

World of Faith and Freedom: Why International Religious Liberty Is Vital to American National Security

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 Priests Arrested in China

2 Ordained in Vietnam After 40-Year Wait

2 Chinese Priests Arrested

2 Chinese Priests Released

6 Chinese Priests Arrested; 2 Reportedly Beaten

7 Christians Released in Saudi Arabia

7 Deacons Undergo Indoctrination in China

9 Priests Arrested 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