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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.

Secretary Kerry asks Iran to release American pastor

Sep 1, 2013

By Adelaide Mena

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has renewed calls for the Iranian government to release American citizen Saeed Abedini, a... Read more

Protesters stand in front of an embassy in Washington DC to protest human rights violations in that country. Courtesy of the ACLJ.

Worldwide protests push for human, religious rights in Iran

Jun 14, 2013

By Adelaide Mena

Grassroots activists gathered at the Iranian Embassies across the world on June 13 to protest human rights violations in Iran,... Read more

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.

International religious freedom report notes persecution

May 20, 2013

By Adelaide Mena

Secretary of State John Kerry released on May 20 the annual International Religious Freedom Report for 2012, which documents violence... Read more

Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett speaks at a press conference to announce the Defending Freedoms project Dec 6, 2012.

Global report warns of 'dire' religious freedom plight

May 4, 2013

By Adelaide Mena

A recent report on international religious liberty cautioned that severe threats to freedom of religion exist in diverse communities through... Read more

Imprisoned pastor Saeed Abedini with his family.

Imprisoned American pastor reportedly weak from torture

Apr 18, 2013

Human rights advocates are warning that the health of an American citizen imprisoned in Iran for his Christian faith is... Read more

(L-R) Lela Gilbert, Paul Marshall, and Nina Shea take part in a panel at the Hudson Institute on March 27, 2013.

Panel urges awareness of global Christian oppression

Mar 29, 2013

Authors of a new book on the global persecution of Christians warned that Americans must recognize the grave threat that is... Read more

Imprisoned pastor Saeed Abedin with his family.

US asked to intervene for Christian citizen jailed in Iran

Jan 16, 2013

By Michelle La Rosa

A U.S. citizen imprisoned in Iran for his Christian faith could face execution if the government is not pressured to... Read more

Rep. Frank R. Wolf, (R-Virginia).

Religious leaders urged to fight global persecution

Jan 11, 2013

By Michelle La Rosa

Religious leaders in America are being called upon by a U.S. congressman to advocate for those across the globe who... Read more

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Parish-based Trinity House Community Groups are now active in 25 parishes in nine states, including 12 parishes within the Diocese of Arlington. Each parish pays an annual subscription cost to gain access to the turnkey program (videos, discussion questions, handouts, core team guides). Most of the gatherings take place on Saturday evenings in the parish hall, following the anticipatory Mass, and last 90 minutes. Many of the groups (also called "Heaven in Your Home Gatherings") are 50-70 attendees, but some are as large as 125 or more.

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From left to right: Deacon Omar F.A. Gutierrez, notary in the cause for canonization, Steve Wolf, vice postulator in the cause for canonization and a Boys Town alumnus, and Father Ryan Lewis, JCL, the archbishop’s delegate.

New film on life of Father Flanagan hopes to advance priest’s cause for canonization

Monica Biboso and her employer, Ester Rot, while celebrating Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) in the dining room of Kibbutz Be'eri in 2022. “I don’t feel like a hero because I saved Ester” during the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre, Biboso told CNA. “I would do anything to save her. I just treated her like my mother. Every child would do the same.”

‘Without God, I wouldn’t be here’: Catholic woman recounts survival of Oct. 7 Hamas attack

A woman prays the rosary at the Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC, on Sept. 28, 2024.

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More than 400 priests, bishops, and cardinals concelebrated a Mass with Pope Francis to open the second assembly of the Synod on Synodality on Oct. 2, 2024, in St. Peter’s Square.

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Pope Francis holds his rosary beads during a rosary prayer for peace at the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome on Oct. 6, 2024.

Pope Francis prays rosary for peace on eve of first anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack

Pope Francis waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square for his Angelus reflection on Oct. 6, 2024.

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Pope Francis creates new cardinals at a consistory in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 5, 2019.

Pope Francis names 21 new cardinals, including archbishops of Tehran and Toronto

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The Maronite Catholic eparch of Batroun, Bishop Mounir Khairallah, attends a Synod on Synodality press conference on Oct. 5, 2024, at the Vatican.

Lebanese bishop makes impassioned plea for peace at synod briefing

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