Religious Men News Today

At their annual CLAR leadership gathering, this year held in Honduras, Latin American men and women religious reflected on their role as a synodal church amid political instability, persecution and economic inequality.

The Diocesan Administration of the Archdiocese of Monrovia, Rev. Dr. Monsignor Gabriel Blamo Jubwe, underscores a need to pray for Liberia so that leaders and politicians may understand that good leadership is at the service of peace, including respect for the rule of law. 

Media have accused the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of oppressing women. This Latter-day saint’s experiences were the opposite of that claim. Read more.

Guatemala City, Sep 18 (Prensa Latina) The elected president of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, will present an appeal before the Supreme Court of Justice which is seeks the restitution of the constitutional order.

The Marketplace of Ideas at The Times of Israel

The woman was harassed at the gym at length despite making clear she wasn't interested in the man's religious beliefs.

It’s an image of contrasts, courage, and confrontation: A faceless Iranian woman protester holds Catholic rosary beads against the backdrop of a poster featuring Mahsa Amini, a young woman who died last year while being held by the country’s morality police. Her alleged crime: standing up to the country’s theocratic regime by violating laws requiring women to wear head coverings in public.

Commentary It’s an image of contrasts, courage, and confrontation: A faceless Iranian woman protester holds Catholic rosary beads ...

Annual report of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom calls for special status for 17 violator countries.

"The regime in Nicaragua has sharply increased its persecution of the Catholic Church by imprisoning clergy, shuttering church-affiliated organizations, and prohibiting Catholic rituals," a new report said.