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US sailors conduct routine maintenance on a jet blast deflector on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz on July 9, 2025. (US Navy)
Religious Freedom
Religious Freedom
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A US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress prepares to land at Morón Air Base in Spain on November 8, 2025, as part of Bomber Task Force 26-1. (US Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa)
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Christian worshippers pray during a scheduled Sunday mass at the Xishiku Catholic Cathedral on April 27, 2025, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
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(Screenshot via YouTube)
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A woman prays at the Xishiku Catholic Church in Beijing on April 26, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Ezra Jin Mingri, head pastor of Zion Church, poses in Beijing days after authorities shut down one of China's largest “underground” churches on September 12, 2018. (Getty Images)
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Ezra Jin Mingri, founding pastor of Zion Church, gives a sermon during a house church service in Beijing, China, on April 6, 2008. (Getty Images)
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(Screenshot via PBS)
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Saint Ignatius Cathedral in Shanghai is seen on April 22, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Grace Jin Drexel and Bill Drexel.
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(Screenshot via Fox)
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Mingri “Ezra” Jin, head pastor of Zion Church, is seen on September 12, 2018, in Beijing, days after authorities shut down one of China’s largest “underground” Protestant churches. (Getty Images)
Experts
William P. Barr
Distinguished Fellow
Hillel Fradkin
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World
Lela Gilbert
Adjunct Fellow, Center for Religious Freedom
