Eight Members of Congress Call for Religious Freedom in the UK
Eight members of the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter to Rashad Hussain, the U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, raising concerns over the United Kingdom’s unfair treatment of Christian beliefs, reports International Christian Concern.
The letter speaks to an “unsettling path that could potentially result in existential threats to freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and even freedom of thought” in the U.K.
The letter, led by GOP Rep. Chip Roy of San Antonio, Texas, cites at least five municipalities in the U.K. where “Public Spaces Protection Orders” have been passed. These orders allow government officials to prosecute certain religious beliefs if those beliefs are expressed within a designated “buffer zone.”
Furthermore, legislation is pending to expand the zones into other municipalities, including throughout England and Wales.
Catholic priest charged with praying outside abortion mill
Sean Gough, a Catholic Priest in Wolverhampton, England, was recently charged for praying silently outside of a closed abortion mill, reports Fox News.
GOUGH: “Everyone has the right to pray in their mind. It’s wrong for the authorities to censor parts of the street from prayer, even silent prayer, from peacefully having conversations, and sharing information that could be of great help to women who want an alternative choice to abortion. I pray every day, everywhere I go, and prayer can never be a crime.
“I was charged for praying for freedom of speech and for an old bumper sticker on my car, that read, ‘Unborn Lives Matter.’ Every human being is precious and equal. And I’m proud to be a voice for the unborn, the most vulnerable group of people in our country.”
Indeed Isaiah 49:1 says, “The Lord called me before I was born, while I was in my mother’s womb, He named me.”
Thankfully, the charges against Sean Gough were dropped on February 16th.
Mozambique released American missionary pilot
Praise God! Our prayers have been answered.
An American missionary pilot and two other men who were jailed in Mozambique for more than four months on suspicion of supporting insurgents in the war-torn nation have been released from prison, reports The Christian Post.
According to the U.S.-based ministry Mission Aviation Fellowship, Ryan Koher and two South Africans, W.J. du Plessis, age 77, and Eric Dry, age 69, left prison late Tuesday afternoon.
The pilot and the two other Mission Aviation volunteers were arrested in November 2022 while preparing to help load vitamins and other supplies on a plane bound for an orphanage in Cabo Delgado, the northernmost province in Mozambique.
The African nation is the 32nd most violent country for Christians worldwide.
