Religious Liberty

November 05, 2025

The Conversion of an Old-Fashioned Liberal

The beginning of the recovery of Catholic influence in Great Britain can be dated to the conversion in 1845 of John Henry Newman, then at the peak of his influence in the Oxford Movement. Continue Reading...

November 03, 2025

Can Nigeria’s Church Survive the Storm?

Nigeria’s Christian community was long thought to be a place of promise. Its churches have been engines of education, charity, and civic formation. Its believers have been pastors, teachers, entrepreneurs, and peacemakers. Continue Reading...

July 03, 2025

Voluntary Virtue: How St. Basil Built the World’s First Hospital

Of all the great saints Christianity has had in its illustrious 2,000-year history, very few have earned the title “The Great.” Even fewer have been more influential and irreplaceable in their contributions to the integration of theology, pastoral care, and social responsibility in the life of the Church than St. Continue Reading...

June 17, 2025

Fight for the First Amendment

Over the vociferous dissent of Justice Neil Gorsuch, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal in Apache Stronghold v. United States. The case, which has rattled around federal courts in the Ninth Circuit for about a decade, is focused on the fate of a tract of land known as Oak Flat in Arizona. Continue Reading...

June 11, 2025

State-Controlled Religion Is the Death of Religious Freedom

State control of religion is a practice that has long been in operation in more totalitarian regimes like China, North Korea, Vietnam, and Nicaragua. One of the reasons for this push for control is that the religious sector often serves as the moral compass of society. Continue Reading...

October 29, 2024

Preserving Religious Freedom in Taiwan, the Holy See’s Way

In early October, I sat down with Chou-seng Tou, former ambassador of Taiwan (the Republic of China) to the Holy See (2004–8), at his residence in Taipei. Ambassador Tou has had a long and distinguished diplomatic career. Continue Reading...

March 01, 2024

Model the Faith for Gen Z or Lose Them Forever

Based on the numbers of the latest Religious Freedom Index from the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, religious Americans may have reason to worry about Gen Z (those in the age range of 12–26). Continue Reading...

February 02, 2024

Threats to Religious Liberty in the U.K.

There is a real possibility that the next general election in the United Kingdom will take place within a few weeks of the presidential election in the United States. It is fair to say that no one knows what will happen on either side of the Atlantic. Continue Reading...

January 23, 2024

Religious Canadians Are Hated in Their Own Country

Synagogues and Jewish schools targeted by firebombings and shootings. Muslims attacked outside their mosque. Dozens of churches burned to the ground. Headlines like these over the past few months bear witness to a troubling rise in violence perpetrated against religious communities in Canada. Continue Reading...

December 07, 2023

Religious Freedom Upheld in Finland—Again

In Finland, a prominent politician and a Lutheran bishop have been acquitted of hate crimes for the second time in as many years. On November 14, 2023, the Helsinki Court of Appeals issued its unanimous decision that Finnish Member of Parliament Dr. Continue Reading...

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