Category: Religious Freedom

Failed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is facing backlash for blaming “damage” done to America by white Christian men in the midst of surging political violence targeting conservatives and Christians. In an MSNBC interview last week, Clinton opined, “The idea that you could turn the clock back and try to recreate a world that never was, dominated by — you know, let’s say it — white men of a certain persuasion, a certain religion, a certain point of view, a certain ideology, it’s just doing such damage to what we should be aiming for.” She added, “Some people are actually scared about what’s going on in our country.”

On Thursday, a man rammed his car into a crowd of people and proceeded to go on a stabbing spree outside a synagogue in Manchester, England. While several casualties were originally reported, Greater Manchester Police have released new details that cast a different shadow on the atrocity.

Justin Hibbard, the mission administrator and director of evangelization at St. Lawrence, told CNA the Catholic community in Heber Valley has a “great relationship with our LDS neighbors here.” He noted the area is predominantly LDS, and nearby congregations have volunteered to help with Catholic service projects. He said he suggested a Mass for the repose of the soul of Nelson to St. Mary’s pastor, Father Arokia Dass David, who felt it would be “a great way to show solidarity to our community and be good neighbors to our Mormon friends.”

When President Donald Trump addressed the United Nations last week about religious persecution, he posed that freedom of religion is not a partisan talking point; it is a universal human right. While some may seek to decry the messenger, the message should unite us.

Multiple U.S. Catholic bishops offered prayers and expressed their solidarity after a gunman attacked a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) chapel in Grand Blanc, Michigan, on Sept. 28,, killing four people, injuring eight, and setting the building on fire.

“Be true to yourself” is one of the primary slogans of our culture.

This same culture insists that if a man feels like a woman, he is one, and if a woman loves a woman, that’s all well and good, and if someone wants to murder their unborn child, so be it. In each case, an individual is being consistent with “their truth.”

Violence against Catholic priests in Nigeria continues to increase, especially in the eastern part of the country. According to a report by the NGO International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), published in August and updated this week, at least 15 priests were kidnapped between January and September alone.