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A mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2024. / Credit: eyetravelphotos/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 18, 2025 / 16:04 pm (CNA). The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has released a report examining the religious liberty implications for women and minorities in Afghanistan four years after the Taliban’s takeover.  “Religious freedom conditions in Afghanistan continue…

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa tours the war-torn area surrounding Holy Family Church with the parish’s pastor in Gaza, Father Gabriel Romanelli. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 18, 2025 / 16:56 pm (CNA). The ongoing violence in the Holy Land, especially now with the war in Gaza, was addressed…