Governments are warning that there must not be a let up in social distancing measures over the weekend amid the Covid-19 pandemic, while Church leaders are asking people to following Easter services from their own homes.This will be an Easter like no other as religious
The president of the Colombian bishops’ conference, Óscar Urbina, suspended 15 priests of his archdiocese from ministry who have been accused of sexual abuse. Other jurisdictions in the country have removed four other priests.Archbishop Óscar Urbina of V
The High Court of Australia ordered the acquittal of Cardinal George Pell on Tuesday. While Pell’s criminal trials in Australia are now at an end, the same accusations which saw him first convicted, then denied appeal, then acquitted, must now be addressed
Catholic dioceses in Oklahoma joined other Christian leaders on Monday to ask a federal court to let stand a state order halting elective abortions during the pandemic.“Abortion is not an absolute right,†said a friend-of-the-court brief filed April 6 by Al
Communist authorities in China are using efforts to control the coronavirus pandemic to step up enforcement action against Christians who worship in house churches, government insiders have told the human rights and religious freedom publication Bitter Winter. Chi
The U.S. religious freedom ambassador on Thursday called on governments to release prisoners of conscience during the new coronavirus pandemic.“In this time of pandemic, religious prisoners should be released. We call on all governments around the world to
A Japanese news agency reported Thursday that an investigation by the country's bishops' conference has found 16 cases of sexual abuse of minors by clerics, which occurred from the 1950s to 2010s.The findings have not yet been made public, but sources familiar with the
Thomas Sowell and his wife own Southeast Palm and Foliage in Astor, Florida, in the middle of the state, about 40 miles west of Daytona Beach.“It's in the middle of nowhere, actually,†Sowell told CNA in January.Sowell isn’t
Mexico, who's population is particularly affected and afflicted by obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes, is significantly more vulnerable to the risks of contracting coronavirus.A high proportion of those who've died from conona virus in Mexico so far, had high bl
Chinese authorities have been accused of forcing Muslim Uyghurs to work in factories as the coronavirus pandemic spread in the country. One religious freedom expert told CNA that the Communist government could be trafficking in slave labor.During the early months of 20