Kathryn Jean Lopez reflects that American Catholics are often compared to chameleons or turtles: “We tend to either want to blend into the culture and do what everyone else is doing or hide in our ...
Violations of religious liberty are increasing around the world, and U.S. citizens have a special responsibility to stand up for the religious freedom of all believers in all nations, said Samah Norquist, former chief adviser ...
The Chinese Communist Party is seeking to expand its apparatus to monitor and curb religious activities in cyberspace through training and deploying hundreds of "auditors" across the country, triggering concerns from rights groups. Under the guidance ...
In the Supreme Court's 2021-2022 term, which concluded June 30, it issued four opinions on religious liberty cases, siding with religion each time. Two of the cases involved prayer and all of them looked at the ...
In a new essay for Our Sunday Visitor, Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, director of the Conscience Project, examines the importance of the Supreme Court’s decision on Monday in which it ruled that a public school assistant football ...
In a major decision in support of religious liberty and parental rights, the Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a ban in Maine on giving state tuition funds to church-sponsored schools. Writing for a six-justice ...
"Life and Dignity for All" is the theme of this year's Religious Freedom Week of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The observance opens June 22, the feast day of Sts. Thomas More and John Fisher, ...
In her winning essay in the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ first-ever religious freedom essay contest, Elizabeth Bernadette Rudolph from Tomball, Texas, shares the story of Father Anthony Kohlmann, a priest in the early 19th ...
After the Supreme Court ruled that Boston violated the free speech rights of a Christian group to fly its flag at City Hall, another group, The Satanic Temple, has requested permission to fly a flag ...
In early April, the leadership at the Catholic Benefits Association anticipated the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services would soon announce proposed regulations that could pose an existential threat to religious-based employers including Catholic ...
Detained bishop in Nicaragua says hate must be answered with love
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Detained bishop in Nicaragua says hate must be answered with love
Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando José Álvarez offered a message of love to the world Aug. 7 even as he continued to ...
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5th Circuit urged to keep injunction in place on HHS transgender mandate
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5th Circuit urged to keep injunction in place on HHS transgender mandate
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans heard oral arguments Aug. 4 in Franciscan Alliance v. Becer...
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