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Additional Recent News
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WASHINGTON (CNS)—Increasing violence against religious minorities,
particularly Christians, and the government's inadequate response to
that violence in 2008 prompted the U.S. Commission on International
Religious Freedom to add India to its 2009 watch list of countries
where conditions of religious freedom require close monitoring.
Monday, August 17, 2009
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Monday, August 17, 2009
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BHUBANESWAR, India (CNS) -- As Rajendra Digal came out of the court
July 20 in Phulabani, in India's Orissa state, after testifying in the
murder of his father, Konteswar, two youths warned that if he continued
to appear in court, he would regret it.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009
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BHUBANESWAR, India (CNS)—A Catholic archbishop said Christians in
the Indian state of Orissa are becoming more fearful with the approach
of the first anniversary of the anti-Christian violence they
experienced.
Monday, August 10, 2009
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Monday, August 10, 2009
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WASHINGTON (CNS)—A Uighur activist from China
told reporters in Washington
that, following violence she claimed was directed at her ethnic group, her main
concern was that religious freedom be ensured for all Uighurs.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
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LONDON (CNS)—Britain's Catholic bishops have said a proposed
European Union equality directive could force Christians to act against
their consciences.
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
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Wednesday, August 05, 2009
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VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The discussions and policy proposals of the leaders of the world's richest nations must promote the common good of all people and respect basic moral values, Pope Benedict XVI said.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
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Thursday, June 18, 2009
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background information
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Monday, March 16, 2009
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Second Vatican Council Declaration on Religious Freedom, 1965
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Monday, March 16, 2009
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From U.S. Catholic Conference Bishops, November 2007
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Monday, March 16, 2009
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From U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Office of International Justice and Peace, February 2008
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Monday, March 16, 2009
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by Frank P. DeSiano, CSP
From North American Institute for Catholic Evangelization, 2006
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Monday, March 16, 2009
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From U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops before U.S. House of Representatives, November 2005
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