ICHA Board Members 2019

Catholic News

• Survivors of religious persecution speak at Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom (US Department of State)
  Participants in the 2nd Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom heard from Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and Yezidi survivors of religious persecution, as well as from ambassadors, cabinet ministers, and other officials.
• Russian Orthodox Church considers ban on blessing weapons of mass destruction (RNS)
  The report comes as the United States and Russia discuss nuclear arms limits. Comparing nuclear weapons to guardian angels, Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, chairman of the Synodal Department for the Cooperation of Church and Society of the Moscow Patriarchate from 2009 to 2015, said, “Only nuclear weapons protect Russia from enslavement by the West.”
• Vatican official: Christians face 'complete purge' in some countries, discrimination in democracies (Vatican News)
  The Under-Secretary for Relations with States, Msgr. Antoine Camilleri, spoke at the Rome release of the UK report on the worldwide persecution of Christians. “Even in established democracies,” the prelate said, there is an increasing tendency “to criminalize or penalize religious leaders for presenting the basic tenets of their faith, especially regarding the areas of […]
• USCCB president condemns threat of widespread immigration enforcement actions, new rule drastically limiting asylum (USCCB)
  On July 14, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) launched a nationwide deportation sweep that President Donald Trump had announced, delayed, and re-announced. On July 16, an interim final rule on asylum, announced the previous day, went into effect; under the rule, “asylum-seeking immigrants who pass through a third country en route to the US must […]