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Aid to the Church in Need: Authoritarian regimes are greatest threat to religious freedom — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Pietro Parolin speaks at the release of Aid to the Church in Need’s “Religious Freedom in the World Report 2025” at the Vatican on Oct. 21, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, Oct 21, 2025 / 14:07 pm (CNA). Authoritarian regimes are among the main drivers of religious discrimination and persecution in 52…

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Minnesota archbishop delivers letters from Annunciation School to Pope Leo XIV — By: Catholic News Agency

Archbishop Bernard Hebda of St. Paul-Minneapolis. / Credit: Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 21, 2025 / 16:56 pm (CNA). Archbishop Bernard Hebda of St. Paul-Minneapolis delivered letters from victims of the Annunciation School shooting to Pope Leo XIV during a recent visit to Rome.  The letters from students and their family members…

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State-level religious freedom protections grow in recent years — By: Catholic News Agency

Thirty states have adopted some version of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) first signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1993. / Credit: Leigh Prather/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 21, 2025 / 17:56 pm (CNA). Protections for religious freedom in the U.S. have grown in recent years with multiple states adopting laws to…

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Cardinal McElroy of Washington, DC, urges shift away from political polarization — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Robert McElroy of the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., speaks at the University of Notre Dame Forum event on “Healing Our National Dialogue and Political Life” on Oct. 17, 2025. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Michael Caterina/University of Notre Dame Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 17, 2025 / 18:29 pm (CNA). Cardinal Robert McElroy of the…

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