Mike Pompeo
Are some human rights more important than others? Religious freedom advocates often put it first
By Laura E. Alexander — May 2, 2023
(The Conversation) — Religious freedom has grown more important in US foreign policy – but does that come at the expense of promoting other human rights?
Trump ambassador launches his own religious freedom franchise
By Jack Jenkins — July 13, 2021
(RNS) — The gathering’s organizers said it provides a rare example of bipartisan support in an era known for partisan rift.
Unholy post-Trump trinity: Bannon, Pompeo and Pence
By Doug Pagitt — June 23, 2021
(RNS) — Christian nationalism may be good GOP politics, but it’s bad for both religion and public life.
‘Til Kingdom Come’ examines link between end-times theology and Israel politics
By Yonat Shimron — March 11, 2021
(RNS) — The new documentary by Israeli director Maya Zinshtein focuses on the complex alliance among evangelicals, Israel’s political establishment, its largest charity and the West Bank settler movement.
As genocide designation becomes a political football, Uyghur activists push for action
By Joseph Hammond — March 5, 2021
(RNS) — Advocates for the Uyghurs say they expect the Biden administration to proceed on the understanding that China's actions amount to genocide.
State Department adds Nigeria to list of most serious religious freedom violators
By Adelle M. Banks — December 9, 2020
(RNS) — The State Department redesignated nine other nations as ‘countries of particular concern’: Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.
Pompeo’s rights commission distilled decades of evangelicals’ hopes
By Simran Jeet Singh — November 23, 2020
(RNS) — Rights seen as coming directly from God are emphasized over economic justice and fighting the types of abuses exacted by right-wing authoritarian leaders.
Vatican and US join to condemn rising anti-Semitism
By Claire Giangravé — November 20, 2020
(RNS) — The event coincided with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's visit to the occupied West Bank in the company of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Biden victory kindles hope for warmer US-Vatican relations
By Claire Giangravé — November 9, 2020
(RNS) — The second Catholic president of the United States after John Kennedy will likely align with many of the priorities of this pontificate.
Barrett hearings will play into Trump’s hopes to claim Catholic high ground
By John Gehring — October 9, 2020
(RNS) — Democrats will walk right into a trap set for them by conservatives if they make her faith the centerpiece of these hearings.
Pompeo, on impromptu visit to Rome, warns Vatican on China deal
By Claire Giangravé — September 30, 2020
(RNS) — An agreement on the appointment of Chinese bishops has been controversial among Catholics, who say it hinders the church’s moral authority to condemn human rights violations.
Mike Pompeo accused of violating Hatch Act in Jerusalem RNC speech
By Jack Jenkins — August 26, 2020
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The Hatch Act, which was passed in 1939, prohibits executive branch employees from ‘engag(ing) in political activity’ while on duty.
Pompeo says US should limit which human rights it defends
By Ben Fox — July 17, 2020
(AP)— Presenting a report from his department's Commission on Inalienable Rights, the Secretary of State singled out property rights and religious freedom as "foremost" principals.
Trump’s limp response to Uighur persecution
By Mark Silk — July 14, 2020
(RNS) — The greatest abuse of religious liberty in the world today should incur a boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games.
Turkey’s president formally makes Hagia Sophia — a former cathedral — a mosque
By Suzan Fraser — July 10, 2020
(AP) — Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that the sixth century Byzantine building, a museum since the 1930s, would open to Muslim worship.
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