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Catholicism
Marking the grim milestone of 1,000 days since Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine, Pope Francis issued a heartfelt plea for peace, reconciliation, and dialogue in a…
Christianity
The Russian Orthodox Church began centuries ago in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine; but now, with that capital, as well as Ukraine itself, under attack from…
Featured
Religious liberty in Russia and in the occupied regions of Ukraine have been steadily and systematically eroded since the Kremlin’s invasion in 2022, reaching a condition…
Eastern Orthodoxy
The war in Ukraine has enormous religious implications and is deeply troubling to Eastern Orthodox Catholics in the United States, according to a leading theologian, author…
WRN Editorial Staff
Mar 28, 2022
Christianity
Russia’s Federal Financial Monitoring Service (Rosfinmonitoring) has relegated more than 200 Jehovah’s Witnesses to its List of ‘Persons Involved in Extremism or Terrorism,’ according to Jehovah’s…
Religion News
The six-year prison term of the Jehovah’s Witness is upheld On May 7, 2019, World Religion News reported on Jehovah’s Witness Dennis Christensen’s Appeal Hearing on…
Religion News
Christensen was arrested in Russia in 2017 because of his religious affiliation Dennis Christensen, who was arrested in May 2017 while attending a Jehovah’s Witness worship…
Islam
Oppression isn’t just striking Muslims The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom has issued its latest report about religious freedom in the United States, and…
Religion News
This is the second conviction in the country Sergei Skrynnikov, a Jehovah’s Witness, was found complicit in participating in extremist organizational activities. The April 1, 2019…
Mormonism
The LDS members were found guilty of proselytizing. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said two of its volunteers detained by Russian local police…
Christianity
The seizure of the administrative building is the latest in a series of confiscations of the religion’s properties. Based on official documentation dated March 1, 2019,…
Christianity
After 20 months in pretrial custody, Christensen was sentenced to 6 years’ jail time. A Danish Jehovah’s Witness, Dennis Christensen, was sentenced to six years in…