Nigeria Not on List of Countries that Violate Religious Freedom | EWTN News Nightly
- Preacher
- Mother Angelica
- Tradition
- Roman Catholic
- Published
- Length
- 5:29
About this sermon
The US State Department says it is not including Nigeria on its list of countries that violate religious freedom. A statement was sent to EWTN saying after careful review "the Secretary of State has assessed that Nigeria does not meet the legal threshold for designation under the Religious Freedom Act." Human rights advocates are blasting the decision. One report says last year alone 5,000 Christians were killed in the African country. Earlier this year, a Catholic priest was burned to death. Co-chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, Representative Chris Smith, joins to share his reaction to the State Department's decision. Representative Smith introduced a bipartisan resolution asking for the Biden Administration to put Nigeria back on the State Department's list of countries of particular concern. This is clearly something that folks on both sides of the aisle can get behind. Smith explains why the State Department is pumping the brakes. He tells us what the threshold is and what it takes to have Nigeria put on the list. During the Trump administration, then Secretary of State Mike Pompeo designated Nigeria a country of particular concern. Representative Smith discusses what changed. He fills us in on what comes next. EWTN News Nightly provides the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Join host Tracy Sabol, our Capitol Hill, White House and Rome Correspondents, as well as many other diverse guests daily, to get the latest from the U.S. and the Vatican on topics regarding our Catholic faith and interests. ------------- EWTN News Nightly airs on EWTN weekdays at 6pm & 9pm ET. ------------ Don't miss an episode of EWTN New Nightly. Get updates here: https://www.ewtn.com/tv/shows/ewtn-news-nightly ------------- Sign up today to receive the EWTN News Nightly newsletter: https://www.ewtn.com/enn ------------- Follow EWTN News Nightly on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewtnnewsnightly Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWTNNewsNightly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewtnnewsnightly/ ------------- Subscribe to EWTN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/EWTN ------------- You can support the EWTN News mission: https://bit.ly/3qDR1qf
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