Religious freedom

Pope and Nicaragua: when politics comes before faith
VATICAN DIPLOMACY

Pope and Nicaragua: when politics comes before faith

The words pronounced at yesterday’s Angelus by the Pope on the situation in Nicaragua, the first in four years of persecutions, are gravely inadequate and are consistent with the attitude held towards all communist regimes, not only South American. But the real problem is bending the Church's presence and intervention to political logic.


Ireland, virus used to forbid Communions and Confirmations
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

Ireland, virus used to forbid Communions and Confirmations

It’s months now that the Dublin government has kept a ban on celebrating First Communions and Confirmations under the pretext of avoiding the festivities that follow. The bishops denounce an attack on religious freedom, but it is also a testimony of how increasingly anti-Catholic Ireland has become.