Bishop Jude Arogundade of Ondo, Nigeria, visits a victim of the attack on St Francis Xavier Church on Pentecost Sunday 2022. Photo: CNS/courtesy Aid to the Church in Need John Lavenburg A US-government commission tasked with monitoring religious freedom abroad has recommended the State Department designate five new countries as “Countries of Particular Concern (CPCs)” because of their engagement in, or toleration of, “particularly severe” religious freedom violations, including against Christians. In its 2023 report released on May 1, the United States Commission on…
