Hanna Vioque

Hanna Vioque is an author at Religion News Service.

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For Iranian converts claiming religious persecution, European courts require proof of faith

By Hanna Vioque — February 20, 2024
LONDON (RNS) — Judges across Europe are having a tough time deciding whether asylum-seekers claiming religious persecution are ‘genuine’ Christians.

A small Spanish city’s bid to build Europe’s biggest Buddha

By Hanna Vioque — January 5, 2024
(RNS) — The 6,000-ton white jade Buddha statue will overlook a sprawling group of temples and monasteries just kilometers from the city center. But suspicions of the project abound.

Western churches called for cease-fire. Palestinian Christians heard empty words.

By Hanna Vioque — December 21, 2023
(RNS) — Palestinian Christians have felt abandoned by global Christian church leaders’ statements on the Israel-Hamas war, with some viewing the war as a moment for Western denominations to reckon with their colonialist past.
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