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by bcadmin | Dec 23, 2021 | Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, Biden Administration, Church in Asia, International religious freedom, lead, News, Olympics, Sam Brownback, USCIRF | 0 |
Two of the nation’s leading religious freedom advocates are calling for the Chinese government to be held accountable for its human rights abuses against the Uyghur Muslims and other religious minorities ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 31, 2021 | Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, Associated Press, Biden Administration, Church in the US, News, President Joe Biden, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom | 0 |
President Joe Biden on Friday announced his picks for four key religious freedom roles, including Khzir Khan, the Muslim-American father of a slain U.S. soldier who became an outspoken critic of former President Donald Trump throughout both of his campaigns.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 28, 2021 | Ambassador Sam Brownback, Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, Associated Press, Catholic Church, Catholic politicians, Catholics and politics, Church in the US, faith and politics, News, Racial justice, Religious Freedom, Sam Brownback | 0 |
Former Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback said he plans to make promoting racial reconciliation a focus of his life as a private citizen after more than a quarter century in politics.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 10, 2020 | Ambassador Sam Brownback, Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, Church in the US, lead, News, Religious Freedom, Religious Freedom Institute, Trump administration | 0 |
At a time when the ideological makeup of Capitol Hill is more divided than ever, the nation’s international religious freedom czar is calling on the next administration to maintain religious liberty as a bipartisan issue.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 29, 2020 | Ambassador Sam Brownback, Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, Catholic Church, China, Chinese bishops, Chinese Catholics, Church in Asia, Hong Kong, lead, News, Sino-Vatican dialogue, Vatican, Vatican-China | 0 |
Vatican officials should think twice about dealing with the Chinese government, according to Trump’s top official for religious liberty.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 13, 2020 | Ambassador Sam Brownback, Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, Associated Press, China, Church in Asia, Communist Party, Congressman Chris Smith, human rights, International religious freedom, Marco Rubio, News | 0 |
China on Monday said it will ban entry to U.S. Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, Representative Chris Smith and Ambassador for Religious Freedom Sam Brownback over their criticism of the ruling Communist Party’s policies toward minority groups and people of faith.
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 | Apr 18, 2020 | Ambassador Sam Brownback, Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News, Religious Freedom, religious liberty | 0 |
The United States is asking other nations to release what one ambassador called religious “prisoners of conscience” to prevent their infection with the coronavirus.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 4, 2020 | Ambassador Sam Brownback, Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, Associated Press, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, News, Religious Freedom, religious liberty | 0 |
Despite state and local limits on public gatherings, some houses of worship have persisted in holding in-person services — a matter of religious freedom, they say, as the nation approached its fourth Sunday battling the coronavirus pandemic.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 7, 2020 | Ambassador Sam Brownback, Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in the US, International religious freedom, lead, NETWORK, News, President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Trump administration | 0 |
Even as President Donald Trump sharply challenged the faith of his political opponents this week, he was drawing new attention to a religious issue that he’s staked repeated claim to: the global freedom to worship.
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