In the 25 years since the U.S. International Religious Freedom Act became law, "restrictions on religious freedom have been steadily increasing for several years" around the globe, said the chairmen of the U.S. bishops' religious liberty and international policy committees.
U.S. House lawmakers called the global status of religious liberty "dire" during a hearing July 18, citing concerns across the globe from China to Nicaragua.
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The Tablet January 27, 2021
Seniors compose song for Blessed Carlo Acutis
HICKSVILLE, L.I. Blessed Carlo Acutis inspires teenagers around the world, including those at Holy Trinity Diocesan High School on Long Island. Three seniors wrote an original song in tribute to Acutis, thanks to the encouragement of their high school chaplain Father Liam McDonald and help from their campus minister, Theresa Marino.
Acutis was an Italian teen who used his computer programming skills to develop a detailed, online exhibition titled “The Eucharistic Miracles of the World” at 11. He completed the catalog in 2005, a year before he died from leukemia at 15. A miracle was attributed to Acutis in 2013 when a Brazilian mother prayed for Acutis’s intercession on behalf of her son, who later was healed from annular pancreas, a birth defect. Acutis, as a result, was beatified in October 2020 in Assisi, Italy.