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The Chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs has issued a damning report revealing the U.S. State Department’s promotion of atheism abroad in the name of “religious freedom.”

Hundreds of thousands of South Korean Christians demonstrated in Seoul on Sunday to protest a court ruling that would allow same-sex couples to receive insurance from the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS).

During an interview with NBC News on Tuesday, 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris said that religious exemptions on providing abortion would not be on the table for her because we shouldn’t “be making concessions when we’re talking

The president of International Christian Concern (ICC) urged Christians in America to vote for former President Donald Trump.

An Irish teacher who rose to international attention for rejecting transgender ideology and so-called preferred pronouns has been jailed for a third time after allegedly violating a court order.

International Christian Concern (ICC), an organization dedicated to combatting religious persecution around the world, issued a statement on Monday declaring that President Joe Biden dropping out of the 2024 American presidential race sparks “hope for a renaissance in religious freedom.”

Nigeria has been experiencing a “surge” in anti-Christian violence, including numerous kidnappings and murders. These are often carried out execution style, according to recent reports.

A Mexican Senator from the Morena Party drew widespread condemnation after he organized the ritualistic killing of a chicken as an “offering to a rain god.” The incident took place in one of the courtyards of Mexico’s federal senate building.

A California Christian club is fighting to put their cross back on display after city officials used eminent domain to remove it while citing complaints of it being “reminiscent of KKK cross-burnings” and offensive to “diverse communities.”

An atheist group is calling for action after South Carolina Gamecocks coach Dawn Staley said there’s “something wrong” with nonbelievers,

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) said on Monday that it terminated a visit to a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Saudi Arabia because USCIRF Chairman Abraham Cooper, an Orthodox rabbi, was asked to remove his kippah head covering.

The Indian government announced plans to implement a controversial 2019 law that fast-tracks citizenship for non-Muslim refugees.

China has the highest level of government restrictions on religion, and Nigeria has the highest level of social hostilities toward religion.

Chinese security forces are cracking down hard on Tibetans protesting against a massive hydroelectric dam project that will destroy several villages and Buddhist monasteries.

Former President Donald Trump delivered a call to action to Christian voters in a speech at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Nashville on Thursday, calling them the “soul of our country” and vowing to defend them against political persecution.

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) immediately criticized Secretary of State Antony Blinken for once again leaving Nigeria off the State Department’s annual list of “Countries of Particular Concern” (CPC) for religious oppression.

Nicaraguan police on Thursday detained two senior Catholic priests for the “crime” of praying in public for Bishop Rolando Alvarez, a critic of socialist dictator Daniel Ortega, who in February was sentenced to 26 years in prison for “treason.”

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) warned in its annual report that religious freedom deteriorated around the world in 2023, a net loss driven by increasingly vicious crackdowns from theocracies like Iran and authoritarian regimes like China and Cuba.

Turkish lawmaker George Aslan caused a controversy by delivering a Christian message to Assyrians in their Syriac language.

A Barbadian theatrical dance group is taking legal action after being “excluded in the name of inclusivity” due to their Christian beliefs on gender.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a report on Wednesday that said China is shuttering mosques in Ningxia and Gansu provinces under a “mosque consolidation” policy that violates the religious freedom of Muslim residents.

Beijing-appointed Bishop Joseph Shen Bin of Shanghai has declared that adopting socialist core values is “a fundamental requirement for the survival and development of the Catholic Church in China.”

A memo from a Wisconsin deputy city administrator discouraged employees from putting up “religious decorations” in “red and green colors” for the holidays in public buildings in order to be “inclusive.”

Praying high school football coach Joe Kennedy has now resigned his coaching position after only one game back in the field.

The communist Castro regime in Cuba has forbidden a local Catholic church to carry out a traditional evening procession.

China is now requiring religions to “support the leadership of the CCP, support the socialist system,” and teach dictator Xi Jinping’s ideology.

Human rights champion Nina Shea has slammed Pope Francis for his policy of appeasement with China, insisting that it emboldens President Xi Jinping in his oppression of Chinese Catholics.

Tucker Carlson grilled former Vice President Mike Pence on Friday for his support for Ukraine despite the war-torn nation’s reported persecution of Christians within the country.

Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday lashed out at former U.S. President Barack Obama for saying India’s government should do more to protect Muslim citizens.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said this week that Italy intends to set an example in aiding persecuted Christians around the world, insisting that “religious freedom is not a second-class right.”

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed shock on Thursday when confronted about the dramatic escalation in violence against non-Hindu religious minorities in his country during his tenure, claiming to be “really surprised” and denying any religious discrimination.

Hindu children in the UK have reportedly been threatened by Muslim classmates that they must convert to Islam or they will not “survive long” in school.

The Biden administration is dictating religious policy to Israel over the delicate question of mixed-gender prayer at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, the holiest site in Judaism.

Religious freedom is “under attack” across the globe, particularly with President Biden at the helm, former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley told Breitbart News Saturday, explaining what she would do as President of the United States to strengthen it.

The Chinese government recently published a draft version of the 2023 “Administrative Measures for Religious Activity Venues,” a set of restrictions on religion that are even tighter than the 2005 rules they will supersede.

Christians are still facing serious persecution in India in 2023, including attempts by Hindu mobs to drive Christian residents completely out of some villages.