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Russell M. Nelson: A Life of Healing, Faith, and Global Unity
Salt Lake City — September 27, 2025 - In the quiet of a Salt Lake City evening, the world bid farewell to a man whose century of life shaped millions…
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Pope Leo XIV Urges Youth to Use Artificial Intelligence for Good
Pope Leo XIV urged a gathering of social media users to use artificial intelligence for the good of people rather than fall victim to its dangers, striking a more optimistic…
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300th day without an EU Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief!
The EU does not care about victims of religious repression. The EU continues to remain deaf to repeated calls of members of the European Parliament, to desperate voices of victims…
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No one should feel unsafe because of what they believe, OSCE ODIHR
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12th Religious Freedom Awards: Five Voices for Freedom of Belief and Coexistence
Madrid, September 19, 2025 – The headquarters of the Church of Scientology in Madrid hosted the twelfth edition of the Religious Freedom Awards, organized by the Foundation for the Improvement…
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Lithuania loses another Jehovah’s Witness case of conscientious objection in Strasbourg
On 26 August, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in the case Erikas Rutkauskas v. Lithuania that the religious freedom of a religious minister of Jehovah’s Witnesses had been…
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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew met with Donald Trump at the White House
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