WASHINGTON — Members of Congress again are seeking to restrict interstate transportation for minors’ abortions after years of failures to enact the legislation. The Child
U.S. Rep. Barney Frank infamously asked a question earlier this decade that has become one of the central questions surrounding the same-sex ‘marriage’ debate: “How
ISFAHAN, Iran — In a rare crackdown on a concentrated area, Iranian authorities have arrested Christians living in the country’s third largest city in what
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan — In two separate cases in February, in different regions of Uzbekistan, courts have ordered religious literature confiscated from four Muslim women and
BAKU, Azerbaijan — Azerbaijan’s State Committee for Work with Religious Organizations has moved to close down Greater Grace Church in Baku, the capital, for failing
BEIJING — Violations of freedom of religion or belief in China have continued, yet religious communities of all kinds have been growing rapidly. The Chinese
VATICAN CITY — On March 9 Pope Benedict XVI denounced the “powerful political and cultural currents” that are working to “alter the legal definition of