Cardinal Pietro Parolin speaks at an Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) press conference in Rome, Italy, on Sept 28, 2017. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.
Vatican City, Oct 16, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).
InternationalCatholicnonprofitAidtotheChurchinNeed(ACN)willreleaseitsglobalreligiousfreedomreportinRomenextweekwithanOct.21conferencefeaturingtheVatican’ssecretaryofstateandvictimsofreligiouspersecution.
VaticanSecretaryofStateCardinalPietroParolinwillintroducethe“ReligiousFreedomintheWorldReport2025”withaspeechatthePontificalPatristicInstituteAugustinianumconferencecenterneartheVatican.
Thereport,releasedeverytwoyearssince1999,isaglobalstudyofreligiousfreedomandpersecutionacrossallcountriesandfaithgroups.
“SincethefirsteditionoftheRFR,thesituationhassteadilyworsened,andunfortunately,thisnegativetrendisexpectedtocontinue,”MartaPetrosillo,thereport’seditor-in-chief,saidinapressreleasepublishedaheadofthereport’slaunch.
AccordingtoACN,thisyear’sreporthighlightsthecontinentofAfrica,particularlythespreadofjihadistviolence
