Afro-Brazilian Religions Targeted by Counter-Cult Violence in Brazil
Fundamentalist Christians attack places of worship and devotees of Candomblé and Umbanda claiming they are “Satanists.” One woman lost an eye.
Testimonies Global
Godparents: Catholic Church Free to Decide Who Cannot Be One, Chilean Court Said
The Court of Appeal of San Miguel stated judges cannot interfere with Church decisions on these matters.
Feet of Clay: The French MIVILUDES Acknowledges the Faulty Bases of Its Reports
These bases are the “saisines” (in theory, alerts by those who write to denounce a “cultic deviance”). We now learn the “saisines” are not real “reports.”
London Has Now the First Shrine for Persecuted Christians in Europe
An initiative of Father Benedict Kiely, it reminds the world that Christians are the most persecuted minority internationally.
Shahbaz Bhatti: A Public Park Is Named After Him in Canada
The Catholic martyr of Islamic ultra-fundamentalist terrorism is honored by the city of Brampton. His process of canonization continues.
Pakistan, USCIRF: “Religious Liberty from Bad to Worse”
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom denounces the “dire condition” of religious minorities.
Maharaja Ranjit Singh: Both Lahore Statue and Man Who Vandalized It Attend Their Fate
The monument has been restored, but may not be re-installed where it once was. The man who attacked it has confessed he planned to kill an Indian politician.
“The Unknown War”: Re-Assessing Anti-Soviet Lithuanian Partisans
A new book in English edited by Arūnas Streikus was written before the war in Ukraine but is published in the right moment.
A Bitter Winter Reporter Visits the Museum of the Bible in Washington D.C.
An outstanding testimony to the most printed, translated, and read book of all human history also demonstrates the vital need for religious liberty.
