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November 3, 2023

Maternal and Child Health
Women This Week: Future of the Catholic Church to Include More Women

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers October 28 to November 3.

Nuns hold rosaries as Pope Francis celebrates the Angelus prayer from a window for All Saints Day at Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, November 1, 2023.
Blog Post by Noël James Women Around the World

August 29, 2023

Nicaragua
The Pope and the Church in Nicaragua

The repression of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua continues to deepen, but Pope Francis has not responded with the levels of support that are needed.

The Pope and the Church in Nicaragua
Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

October 11, 2023

Religion
What I Would Say to the Synod

The Roman Catholic Church's Synod can reassert Church leadership on human rights--or fail to do so.

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

March 2, 2021

Religion
Nigeria's Catholic Bishops: "The Nation is Falling Apart"

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria has issued a statement sounding the alarm over the very survival of the nation. The statement expresses concern over high-level government officials advising citizens to resort to self-defense.

A procession of Nigerian Catholic bishops and faithfuls wearing black, religious dress walk on a street to protest killings of Nigerians.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

March 11, 2024

Religion
A King and His Subjects

The relationship between a Nigerian pastor on death row and his congregation offers a timely glimpse into the nature of devotion and social obedience across African Pentecostal churches. 

A former pastor of a Nigerian Pentecostal church is depicted in two advertisements, one for his birthday and the other for a 2019 presidential bid.
Blog Post by Ebenezer Obadare Africa in Transition

June 4, 2015

Saudi Arabia
A New Church in the Emirates

This week it was announced that a second Catholic church has been completed in Abu Dhabi and will be inaugurated with a mass on June 11. The first, St. Joseph’s Cathedral, was donated by the ruling f…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

June 21, 2017

Nigeria
Pope Demands Obedience From Nigerian Catholics

Pope Francis has demanded that priests of the Roman Catholic diocese of Ahiara accept the bishop appointed by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012 and that each priest in the diocese write him a personal letter…

Pope Demands Obedience From Nigerian Catholics
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition