In Federal Suit, Illinois Diocese Says State ‘Human Rights’ Law Violates Religious Freedom
The law specifically prevents the diocese from hiring a pro-life advocate and an associate general counsel, the suit argues.
Results from Tag: 'religious freedom'
Can the State Tell Christian Therapists What to Say? SCOTUS Poised to Answer
COMMENTARY: In ‘Chiles v. Salazar,’ the court has an opportunity to protect the First Amendment, as well as children from gender ideology.
Vance Draws Attention to Lack of Religious Freedom, Free Speech in Europe
The vice president, who is Catholic, concluded his Munich speech with a quote from St. John Paul II.
Trump at National Prayer Breakfast Announces Task Force to End Anti-Christian Bias
According to Trump, Bondi and the commission will “fully prosecute anti-Christian violence and vandalism in our society and ... move heaven and earth to defend the rights of Christians and religious believers nationwide.”
‘Real Sanctions, Real Consequences’ Are Needed for Countries on Religious-Freedom Watchlist
U.S. Commission on International Religious chairman stresses that actionable consequences are needed on the ground.
Religious-Freedom Advocates at IRF Summit Outline Hopes for Trump’s Term
Several hundred people from dozens of countries who represent many religions are attending the International Religious Freedom to discuss ways in which faith leaders, lawmakers and others can end religious persecution.
Faith Groups, Department of Justice Back Catholic Religious Freedom Case at Supreme Court
A group of 19 states as well as several religious liberty scholars also weighed in on the side of the Catholic charity.
Nicaraguan Dictatorship Confiscates Seminary in Matagalpa
In addition to the seminary, the regime also confiscated on Jan. 16 the La Cartuja Pastoral Center of the Diocese of Matagalpa.
Catholic Medical Group Sues Biden Administration Over Emergency-Room Abortion Rule
The lawsuit argues that the federal government acted unlawfully when in July 2022 it directed that hospitals and emergency rooms would be required to perform abortions under the 1986 Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, as various court rulings leave status of federal law uncertain.
Radical Global Changes Ahead Could Be Destructive for the Cause of Persecuted Christians, Expert Alerts
For the head of international advocacy at Aid to the Church in Need, the global context marked by electoral campaigns and economic and social tensions is placing the cause of fundamental rights at the back of governments’ minds.
