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BYUSA

Catholic Newman Club helps Catholic students strengthen faith and sense of belonging

Amy Ortiz
By Amy Ortiz
October 10, 2023 12:00 AM
Amid BYU’s predominantly Latter-day Saint community, the BYU Catholic Newman Club offers Catholic students a place of faith and belonging.
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Religion

Leaders of international affairs discuss religious freedom

By Logan Kauai
October 06, 2021 12:00 AM
Leaders of international affairs in Europe discussed collaboration among religious organizations Tuesday morning over Zoom, during the final day of the International Law and Religion Symposium.
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Religion

Church leaders discuss collaboration, healing as Annual Law and Religion Symposium opens

By Aubry Black
October 04, 2021 12:00 AM
Leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began the 28th Annual Law and Religion Symposium Sunday night with a discussion about healing and equal privileges of belief among all people.
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Campus

Education Week: Lawyer teaches how to protect religious freedom

August 19, 2021 12:00 AM
By Carly Wasserlein
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Campus

Education Week: Participants urged to defend religious freedom from international threats

By Cassidy Wixom
August 16, 2021 12:00 AM
Editor’s note: Education Week coverage can be found in this section of the website.
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Campus Events

Christian values can bridge political divides, says BYU religious forum

By Gabrielle Shiozawa
June 23, 2021 12:00 AM
The 2021 BYU Religious Freedom Annual Review advocated using religion to bridge political divides. The virtual event was sponsored by the J. Reuben Clark Law School’s International Center for Law and Religion Studies and broadcast June 15–16. This year's theme was 'Religion’s Role in Overcoming Divides and Strengthening American Democracy.'
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Religion

Vatican pronouncement highlights clash between gay marriage and religious freedom

By Cassidy Wixom
April 16, 2021 12:00 AM
The Catholic Church's doctrinal authority recently decreed that the Church cannot bless gay marriages because God cannot 'bless sin.'
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Campus Events

Advocate answers student questions on how to support religious freedom

By Allie Richael
February 04, 2021 12:00 AM
A former official from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom encouraged BYU students to advocate for religious freedom during a Q&A on Zoom.
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Campus Events

Education Week: Religious freedom explained in simple terms

By Emily Harrah
October 27, 2020 12:00 AM
Lawyer Alexander Dushku explained religious freedom for those who do not practice law during his Education Week speech and gave examples of many court cases relating to religious freedom.
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Campus Events

BYU Law and Religion Symposium promotes religious freedom

By Emily Harrah
October 08, 2020 12:00 AM
The BYU International Center for Law and Religion Studies broadcasted the 27th Annual International Law and Religion Symposium from Oct. 4-6.
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Religion

BYU Religious Freedom Review focuses on moving forward after pandemic

By Emily Andersen
June 19, 2020 12:00 AM
Speakers at BYU Law School's Religious Freedom Review centered their addresses on how religious freedom fits into what they called the three main crises the U.S. is facing: racial inequality, health and the economy.
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Devotionals and Forums

Elder Rasband exhorts students to remember that they are needed in devotional

By Sadey Rose Nevin
January 21, 2020 12:00 AM
Elder Ronald A. Rasband of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles spoke to students about individual accountability in a BYU devotional on Tuesday, Jan. 21.
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Healthy Living

International journalists and researchers discuss challenges of religious reporting

By Thomas Madrigal
October 10, 2019 12:00 AM
A panel comprised of international journalists and a religion researcher, led a discussion Wednesday, Oct. 9 about the difficulties religions face with their media portrayal.
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Religion

Education Week: Challenges to religious freedom and what can be done

By Emma Benson
August 26, 2019 12:00 AM
During a BYU Education Week session on Thursday, August 22, Elizabeth A. Clark, associate director for the International Center for Law and Religion Studies, and Matthew K. Richards, a Salt Lake lawyer, discussed the current challenges that religious freedom faces.
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Campus

Education Week: Why Christopher Columbus matters

By Emma Benson
August 22, 2019 12:00 AM
Clark Hinckley, son of former Church President Gordon B. Hinckley and author of 'Christopher Columbus: A Man Among the Gentiles,' spoke about the importance of Columbus during an Education Week session on Wednesday, August 21.
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Campus Events

Education Week: Brad Wilcox discusses the role of Church members in the gathering of Israel

By Arianna Davidson
August 22, 2019 12:00 AM
BYU religion professor Brad Wilcox spoke in an Education Week session on Thursday, August 22, about the role members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints play in the gathering of Israel.
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Campus

BYU students discuss tolerance in Religious Freedom Annual Review

By Jenna Alton
June 21, 2019 12:00 AM
Tolerance Means Dialogues co-founder Robin Fretwell Wilson, center, speaks with attendees following the organization’s session at the Religious Freedom Annual Review hosted by BYU Law. (Jenna Alton)
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Nation

Speakers explain unity, awareness are essential to religious freedom

By Lauren Lethbridge
June 20, 2019 12:00 AM
Elder Patrick Kearon shakes hands with an audience member after speaking in the keynote session of the Religious Freedom Annual Review on June 19. (Addie Blacker)
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