45,000 Angolans Gather to Celebrate Religious Liberty

The festival, the largest to date, followed a three-day religious liberty congress sponsored by the International Religious Liberty Association and attended by 330 religious liberty proponents, faith leaders and governmental representatives from the southwestern African nation and around the world.

In his keynote address, Jon Graz, secretary general of the International Religious Liberty Association (IRLA), thanked the government of Angola for promoting and defending religious liberty and singled out those who fought for the freedoms the country enjoys.

Such festivals, typically held in tandem with IRLA congresses, are an important way of recognizing a country’s efforts to ensure freedom of belief, Graz said.

Source: Adventist News Network