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Days before a visit by President Joe Biden to Vietnam in which he aims to upgrade diplomatic ties, a U.S. government commission accused the country of backsliding on commitments to ensure religious freedoms. In a report on Tuesday, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) said that since Washington dropped Vietnam from a list of "countries of particular concern" (CPC) over religious freedom in 2006, the Hanoi government had created "more space in some areas" for expressions of belief. However, a "recent crackdown on civil society, increased pre...

A Polish couple and their seven children, including a newborn baby, will be beatified in Markowa, Poland on Sunday, the Vatican has said.

Singapore rapper Subhas Nair was sentenced to six weeks in jail for attempting to incite ill will among racial and religious groups through his online posts.

Pope Francis urged Chinese Catholics to be “good citizens” and “good Christians,” a rare instance of the Holy Father publicly addressing the issue of religion in China.

Pope Francis formally began his 8,000-kilometer trip to Mongolia on Saturday, a country sandwiched between Russia and China that has a tiny Catholic population.