A Quiet Threat: Religious Freedom Dwindling in Europe, US

Catholic News Agency ^ | 11/4/14 | Andrea Gagliarducci

[marshmallow]

Vatican City, Nov 4, 2014 / 04:24 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Religious freedom is at risk in Europe and has been increasingly suppressed in the United States over the course of the past year, according to a new report.

The findings were made in the 12th edition of the World Report on Religious Freedom, issued by the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need, released Nov. 4.

The report is a snapshot of the state of religious freedom in 196 countries from Oct. 2012 to June 2014, collecting first-hand data and providing help wherever Christians are needing aid.

Religious freedom in each country was gauged by the right to conversion, to build places of worship, to conduct missions, and the allowance of children to be educated according to the religious principles of their parents.

The Middle East has been a main focus for Aid to the Church in Need, which recently allocated about 5 million Euro to help displaced Christians in Iraq.

[StormEye]

There’s plenty of religious freedom for Muslims in Europe.

[StormEye]

There’s plenty of religious freedom for Muslims in Europe.

[jmacusa]

Much as I hate Islam no one has stopped me from going to church. And they won’t ever.

[Biggirl]

AMEN to that!

Same with I!

[cloudmountain]

Andrea needed a story but this is old news.

Pope Benedict ALREADY said it all a while back: MORAL RELATIVISM.
There is enough freedom to do all the things people want to do, but when it comes to faith and religion, people want their life the way they want it and those darn old moral values/ethics sometimes just get in the way of mememememe.
Perhaps we are just spoiled.

[cloudmountain]

Much as I hate Islam no one has stopped me from going to church. And they won’t ever.

No one ever stopped me from going to church either -- even when we lived in a Muslim country. My Muslim boss encouraged me to pray whenever I wanted to. Thus, I began DAILY Mass.