Religious Freedom

  • January 19, 2022

Court leans toward allowing flag with cross to fly at Boston City Hall

Supreme Court justices Jan. 18 seemed to side with a Christian group that was excluded from flying its...
  • December 15, 2021

Abortion, religious liberty, vaccine mandate cases top busy 2021 for court

This past year was busy for the nation's high court, particularly with issues of interest to Catholics regarding...
  • December 9, 2021

Survey: Most don’t see reasons to seek vaccine religious exemption as valid

A poll released Dec. 9 showed a strong majority of Americans don't see the reasons for a religious...
  • November 29, 2021

HHS rescinds rule protecting faith-based foster care, adoption agencies

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Nov. 18 rescinded a Trump administration rule that ensured faith-based...
  • November 2, 2021

N.Y. court to reconsider mandate for abortion coverage by religious groups

The Supreme Court sent a case back to a lower court Nov. 1 asking it to reconsider a...
  • September 27, 2021

Court’s new term to look at abortion, death penalty, religious liberty

The U.S. Supreme Court's new term, starting Oct. 4, returns to its standard routine: hearing arguments in person...
  • August 20, 2021

Faith leaders raise concerns over online censorship of religious speech

YouTube's blocking of a theologian's talk on the Christian view of sex as a "content violation" raises serious...
  • July 21, 2021

Two Texas bishops say closing facilities would violate religious freedom

The bishops who head the El Paso and Dallas dioceses in Texas have asked Gov. Greg Abbott to...
  • July 16, 2021

Genocide charges ‘must be pursued,’ Smith says at religious freedom summit

Charges of genocide -- whoever the victim, whoever the perpetrator -- "must be pursued," Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J.,...
  • July 6, 2021

Over 500 turn out to pray for America during Independence Day Mass and Rosary

About 500 people gathered on the eve of the nation’s 245th birthday to pray for America and her...