Tracking every Trump administration pronouncement on religion can be a dizzying project. Religion has found its way into multiple executive orders, new commissions and task forces, Truth Social posts, ...

USCIRF, an independent, bipartisan U.S. federal government commission that monitors religious freedom around the globe, ...

Religious freedom advocates addressed how personal anecdotes and persistence are the keys to help leaders promote religious ...

Is religious freedom a wedge issue? The unanimous agreement between all the justices in a decision just issued by the U.S. Supreme Court suggests the answer is no. The Court’s example provides an ...

In response to the injustices of the Second World War, on December 10, 1948, the United Nations’ General Assembly adopted what it called the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). On this, the ...

Satire is a dish best served al dente. The Austrian authorities issued a driver’s license to a “Pastafarian” with a picture of him wearing the approved headgear of the satirical religion: a plastic ...

In just a few months, states across America will celebrate its semiquincentennial — a celebration marking 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence. This celebration is a defiant ...

On June 17, the International Religious Freedom Summit was held in Nairobi, Kenya. Recently, 200 Christian IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons) were massacred in Nigeria. Terrorist groups like ...

Support for religious freedom grew five points from 2020 to 2025, reaching an all-time cumulative high of 71 points, according to Becket’s seventh annual Religious Freedom Index. Strategic research ...

Two important developments in education occurred over the last week. One was a sign of the problem we have. The other was a sign of the solution. The sign of the problem, to which hopefully the U.S.

Editor’s Note: The following remarks were presented by the author upon receiving the 2025 Religious Freedom Impact Award at the Religious Freedom Institute’s annual gala Nov. 6 in Washington. My ...

When President Obama signed a newly strengthened international religious freedom act, the intention was to protect religious believers around the world. But the act, signed December 16, is being ...