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by bcadmin | Jan 20, 2021 | Associated Press, China, Church in Asia, Genocide, News, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Uighurs, US Department of State | 0 |
On his way out the door, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo lashed out anew at China on Tuesday by declaring that its policies on Muslims and ethnic minorities in the western Xinjiang region constitute “crimes against humanity” and a “genocide.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 13, 2021 | Church in the US, Cuba, lead, News, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Terrorism, Trump administration, USCCB | 0 |
A day after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo re-designated Cuba as a “state sponsor of terrorism” Bishop David Malloy of Rockford expressed his “profound disagreement” with the decision.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 15, 2020 | Boko Haram, Church in Africa, Fulani, International Christian Concern, International Religious Freedom Report, lead, News, Nigeria, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo | 0 |
Nigeria’s designation as a “country of particular concern” for religious freedom by the U.S. State department is a “very good thing,” according to a leading human rights charity.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 17, 2020 | Associated Press, Church in the Middle East, News, Orthodox Church, Patriarch Bartholomew, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo | 0 |
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with the Istanbul-based spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians on Tuesday during a short trip to Turkey that raised the ire of Turkish officials and included no meetings with any of them.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 2, 2020 | Cardinal Angelo Becciu, Cardinal George Pell, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, lead, News, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Vatican, Vatican finances, Vatican-China | 0 |
Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin has said there is no connection between the timing of the return of Australian Cardinal George Pell to Rome and the recent resignation of Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu, who are known rivals in the bid to reform the finances of the Holy See.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 1, 2020 | Ambassador Callista Gingrich, Ambassador Sam Brownback, Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, lead, Nathan Sales, News, News Analysis, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, US Embassy to the Holy See, Vatican-China | 0 |
Watching US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to the Vatican this week play out, it seems possible that some of the obvious testiness over China is because both sides are making flawed assumptions about the other.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 30, 2020 | Ambassador Callista Gingrich, Ambassador Sam Brownback, Archbishop Paul Gallagher, lead, News, Religious Freedom, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, U.S. embassy to the Holy See, Vatican | 0 |
Top Vatican and U.S. officials Wednesday urged actors at every level of society to protect and defend religious freedom, whether it be physical violence, or subtle forms of ideological colonization carried out under the guise of tolerance.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 17, 2020 | Associated Press, Church in the US, human rights, Mary Ann Glendon, News, Religious Freedom, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Trump administration, US Department of State | 0 |
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo argued Thursday for a more limited U.S. view of global human rights advocacy based on the principals laid out by America’s Founding Fathers, a suggestion critics assumed meant stepping away from more modern concepts such as support for women and the LGBQT communities around the world.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 10, 2020 | Associated Press, China, Church in Asia, International religious freedom, News, Persecution, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Uighurs, US State Department | 0 |
China said Friday it will retaliate against U.S. officials and institutions following Washington’s imposition of sanctions on three local officials of the ruling Communist Party over human rights abuses in the northwestern region of Xinjiang.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 10, 2020 | Associated Press, China, Church in Asia, International religious freedom, News, Persecution, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Uighurs, US State Department | 0 |
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on three senior officials of the Chinese Communist Party, including a member of the ruling Politburo, for alleged human rights abuses targeting ethnic and religious minorities that China has detained in the western part of the country. The decision to
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 12, 2020 | Ambassador Sam Brownback, Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, Catholic News Service, China, Church in Asia, International Religious Freedom Report, News, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, US State Department | 0 |
Top U.S. State Department officials singled out China as one of the world’s worst offenders of religious freedom because it had subjected religious minorities to imprisonment and forced labor.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 13, 2020 | Callista Gingrich, Church in the US, COVID-19, News, Pope Francis, President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo | 0 |
U.S. officials mark the 7th anniversary of Pope Francis’ election.
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