Category: Religious Freedom

Speaking in the House of Commons this week, Mrs Bruce said: “Sadly, one of the human rights most at risk globally today is that addressed by article 18 of the universal declaration of human rights. The rights “to education, jobs, homes, family life, access to justice, liberty and even life itself all can be at risk” when freedom of religion or belief is under attack. She said tackling religious intolerance “needs to be at the heart of our policies”, because the rights “to education, jobs, homes, family life, access to justice, liberty and even life itself all can be at risk” when freedom of religion or belief is under attack.

Representatives of the religious faiths recognized in Belgium have joined forces to urge federal authorities to increase the number of people admitted inside places of worship during the coronavirus pandemic.

Ven. Wonhaeng, head of the Jogye Order, South Korea’s largest Buddhist denomination, said Tuesday that he will work hard to push for inter-Korean religious exchanges this year by providing aid to help the North overcome the COVID-19 pandemic, and at the same time promoting joint projects.

On Religious Freedom Day, we honor the vision of our Founding Fathers for a Nation made strong and righteous by a people free to exercise their faith and follow their conscience. As Americans united in unparalleled freedom, we recommit to safeguarding and preserving religious freedom across our land and around the world. NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim January 16, 2021, as Religious Freedom Day.

As Americans, we often take for granted that our government generally has no business regulating what we believe, what we say, who we associate with, or what organizations we support financially. But California now demands that each of the more than 60,000 private charities registered in the state provide it annually with the names and addresses of their top donors.

When the Jesuits opened the Padre Piquer education center in Madrid 55 years ago, the neighborhood around it was viewed as a slum. Over the years the community’s infrastructure drastically improved, but the neighborhood remained a bubble of poverty in an otherwise affluent part of the Spanish capital. Throughout, the school remained true to its mission of bringing quality education to people of limited means. Now , Alberto Rodriguez de Rivera, the school’s director, is worried about how much longer that will last.