Reuters, by Philip Pullella: Pope Francis and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo agreed on Thursday on the need to protect the rights of Christian minorities in the Middle East during a meeting at the Vatican, the U.S. State Department…

Crux: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Pope Francis and the Catholic Church have a “central role” in promoting religious liberty. Pompeo was speaking to Vatican News—the official news service of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication—ahead of the first Ministerial…

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Catholic Herald, by Catholic News Agency: Christians are called to win the battle of ideas and values in secular society, Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput said on Tuesday. In a speech delivered to the Alliance Defending Freedom Summit on Religious Liberty…

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The Epoch Times, by Wade Zhou: The conference titled “Religious Freedom at Crossroads: The Rise of Anti-Christian Sentiment in the West” was the first event of its kind in Australia. “There is a need to protect religious freedom in this…

Right Wing Watch, by Kyle Mantala: On Wednesday night’s episode of his “TruNews” program, during which he praised Alabama’s radical new anti-abortion law and warned that those who support reproductive rights will spend eternity being “aborted continuously forever” by demons…

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The ABC: Israel Folau’s clash with Rugby Australia (RA) over his fundamentalist religious social media posts has prompted nine prominent Christians to send letters about the protection of religious freedom to Scott Morrison and Bill Shorten. Folau was stood down…

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EvangelicalFocus: In their crackdown on unregistered Christian churches, Chinese authorities have started rewarding citizens who report “illegal religious activities” and the activities of foreign faith leaders. According to newspaper South China Morning Post, the ethnic and religion affairs department of…

Catholic News Agency: The [U.S.] Supreme Court will not consider a case which would have raised questions about the separation of church and state. The court ruled unanimously against granting certiorari in the case of The Presbyterian Church in Morristown…