Selected data from Freedom House’s  annual survey of political rights and civil liberties.

The Seventh-day Adventist Church has an official website with resources on beliefs and practices, missions and statements on the livelihood of practitioners and members. The website has a page with links to the church’s official statements on birth control, human rights, climate change and more than 100 other aspects of debate and culture.

The Baptist Standard is the Baptist General Convention of Texas’s news outlet. Marv Knox is editor and publisher.

Religious news from Spain’s highest-circulation daily newspaper.

News about religion and ethics from the BBC.

News from, about or of interest to Asian Catholics, although it covers a range of topics on other religions in the region.

Stories on Africa from CNN’s blog covering faith news, culture, breaking news and trends.  The blog is edited by CNN’s Daniel Burke and Eric Marrapodi with daily contributions from CNN’s worldwide newsgathering team and frequent posts from religion scholar and author Stephen Prothero.