Washington is no longer seemingly trying to fix Christian persecution wholesale. It is asking where persecution is happening, who is behind it, and whether those actors threaten American interests.

About 4.1 billion people, half of the global population, suffer some degree of religious persecution in 24 countries, according to an aid agency report that identified a disturbing rise in ...

(RNS) — For the United States to credibly pronounce human rights to matter, then it must matter in all our relationships, friend and foe alike. (RNS) — The State Department recently released its ...

Seventy-five percent of all people today live in a country where persecution is a part of everyday life. Shocking? Yes. But almost as shocking is the relative lack of response from North American ...

Free speech and religious liberty are the cornerstones of a healthy and vibrant nation, which is why it should come as no surprise that these very ideals are often the first rights to be curtailed and ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A contemporary human rights crisis that critics charge has too often escaped world consciousness and media attention took center-stage at a day-long symposium in Washington, D.C. on ...

(RNS) — As a Muslim standing in solidarity with persecuted Christians, I urge us all to rise above the divisions that too often define our world. (RNS) — While our national discourse rightfully ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ukraine's Foreign Ministry on April 10 again denounced the religious persecution carried out by Russia in the occupied Ukrainian ...

Several prominent American Catholics have launched a petition calling for the end of Russia's religious persecution in occupied areas of Ukraine. The initiative was unveiled as part of a two-day ...

Religious persecution impacts every faith somewhere in the world. Be it China's broad oppression of Uyghur Muslims, Tibetan Buddhists and Christians, or Boko Haram attacking churches and killing ...

Aug. 22 marked the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief, a day that was created by the United Nations five years ago to highlight the plight of ...