World leaders, diplomats, and faith advocates gathered this week at Prague Castle and the Czernin Palace for the fifth annual International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance (IRFBA) Ministerial, marking the Alliance’s fifth anniversary. Under the auspices of the president of the Czech Republic, the high-level gathering centered on resilience and religious engagement. Sam Brownback, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom in the first Trump administration, was recognized with the inaugural IRFBA Award for his decades-long leadership in advancing global religious liberty and his “vision in building coalitions that protect conscience and belief across divides.”