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Opponents of transgender ideology buoyed by support from Pope Francis

BOGOTA – Emboldened by Pope Francis' strong critique of "gender theory," Cardinal Rubén Salazar Gómez of Colombia is successfully challenging his country's embrace of the transgender movement, according to a recent report by Crux, an online Catholic news outlet. Salazar, who has served as the Archbishop

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Pope on Islamic terrorism: There are violent people in almost all religions

(CNSNews.com) – Pope Francis said Sunday he does not like speaking about Islamic violence, telling reporters on a flight to Rome that violent people were found in all religions, including his own. "There is always a small group of extremists in practically every religion," he said. "We

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USCIRF: Add 7 more countries to list of world’s worst violators of religious freedom

(CNSNews.com) — The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom(USCIRF) is recommending that the State Department add seven additional countries to its list of 10 nations that engage in the worst violations of religious rights. USCIRF says the seven additional countries that should be designated as CPCs [Countries of

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State Dept.: Murdering, enslaving for religion most ‘egregious form of discrimination’

(CNSNews.com) – Deputy Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said Wednesday while announcing the release of the latest international religious freedom report that "there is no more egregious form of discrimination" than targeting members of another religion with the intention of "murdering or enslaving" them. "It

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Swedish church to drop thousands of Bibles in ISIS territory using drones

A church in Sweden is planning to blanket Islamic State-controlled parts of Iraq with thousands of Bibles via drones.

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Syrian Christian leader: MidEast Christians on verge of annihilation

A senior Catholic churchman in the Middle East, told an audience in Toronto that the Christian community in the Levant is on the verge of extinction.

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Want to help persecuted Christians? A few easy steps

Toronto (CNA/EWTN News) — Middle East Christians need help to survive, and leaders in the relief effort have outlined what the average Catholic can do. "They can speak out. They should talk with their parish. And they should pray," Carl Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus,

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Muslims go to Catholic Mass in France, Italy for solidarity

ROUEN, France (AP) — Muslims in France and Italy flocked to Mass on Sunday, a gesture of interfaith solidarity following a drumbeat of jihadi attacks that threatens to deepen religious divisions across Europe. From the towering Gothic cathedral in Rouen, only a few miles from where 85-year-old Rev. Jacques Hamel was