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Report Details Killings, Discrimination Against Religious Minorities in Post-Assad Syria

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Mourners gather in the Church of the Holy Cross in Qassaa, Damascus, for the funeral of many who lost their lives in a terrorist attack at the Mar Elias Church in the Dweila neighborhood of Syria’s capital on Sunday, June 22, 2025.

The USCIRF is encouraging the Trump administration to impose conditions on sanction removals that require improvements in religious liberty.

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati’s Incorrupt Body to Be in Rome for Jubilee of Youth

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Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, who died at the age of 24 in 1925, is beloved by many Catholic young people today for his enthusiastic witness to holiness that reaches “to the heights.”

Frassati’s remains will be displayed in the Basilica of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva in Rome until Aug. 4 so that they can be venerated by young people attending jubilee events.

Holy, Independent: Meet 12 of the Many Americans on the Path to Sainthood

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(Top L-R) Joseph Verbis Lafleur, Michelle Duppong, Father Augustus Tolton, Nicholas Black Elk, Dorothy Day. (Bottom L-R) Archbishop Fulton Sheen, Julia Greeley, Stanley Rother, Thea Bowman, Rhoda Wise.

A look at some of the many American men and women poised for sainthood.

Saints Come in All Shapes and Sizes

Book cover of ‘Saints Come in All Shapes and Sizes’ by Patrick O’Hearn

C.S. Lewis saw monotony in evil but dazzling variety in the saints. Patrick O’Hearn’s children’s book brings that truth to life, joyfully and memorably.