The state of religious liberty across the globe is dire — and, in some countries, continuing to diminish. Christian Post reporter Brandon Showalter recently attended the International Religious Freedom Summit, and he reports on what he observed and why it matters.

"As the West becomes increasingly irreligious, religious freedom internationally outside of the West is diminished," he said. "I don't think that ... secularism has the robust sort of zest within it to contend for actual religious freedom because secularism tends to see religion as either unnecessary or something bad for society."

Explore the state of religious freedom globally on this episode of the podcast.