Vice President Mike Pence has stated that religious freedom will be regarded as a “foreign policy priority” under the administration of President Donald Trump and that the U.S. will condemn the persecution of any faith anywhere in the world.

Pence, who was a featured speaker at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast held at the Marriott Marquis Hotel on Tuesday, highlighted the persecution of Christians in the Middle East carried out by the Islamic State terror group.

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