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A map of Nigeria. / Credit: Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 14, 2023 / 13:17 pm (CNA). More than two dozen human rights advocates are urging Congress to call on the State Department to put Nigeria back on a list of the world’s worst violators of religious freedom. In 2020, the State Department designated Nigeria a…

Smoke billows over the northern Gaza Strip during Israeli bombardment from southern Israel on Dec. 14, 2023, amid continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. / Credit: JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images CNA Staff, Dec 14, 2023 / 11:35 am (CNA). The U.S. has seen a continued and “terrifying” spike in antisemitic incidents…

Ana de Lobera y Torres (1545-1621), better known by her religious name Sister Ana de Jesús, helped expand the Discalced Carmelites to France and Belgium. Painting in the monastery of the Discalced Carmelites, Brussels, ca. 1650. / Credit: AnonymousUnknown author, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Vatican City, Dec 14, 2023 / 10:55 am (CNA)….

Supporters of Blessed Wenceslao Pedernera listen during the final hearing on Dec. 11, 2023, of the trial for his 1976 murder in La Rioja, Argentina. / Credit: Diocese of La Rioja ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 13, 2023 / 18:30 pm (CNA). After seven months of hearings, the trial for the murder 47 years ago of…