Religious liberty advocates believe that the latest Supreme Court decision will finally banish the hated 19th-century Blaine Amendments for good.
Kurt Jensen - Catholic News Service
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Justice Department urged to aggressively prosecute pornography vendors
On April 30, Archbishops Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco and Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City and Bishop David A. Konderla of Tulsa, Oklahoma, wrote Barr to request stepped-up prosecutions.
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Pro-lifers hopeful for outcome of Supreme Court’s first abortion case in four years
On March 4, the court hears oral arguments in June Medical Services v. Russo, a challenge to a Louisiana law, passed in 2014, that requires abortion providers to have “active admitting privileges” at a hospital within 30 miles of the abortion facility.
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Victims of Christian persecution remembered at ‘Night of Witness’ service
“Many of these victims suffer and perish anonymously,” said George Marlin, chairman of Aid to the Church in Need-USA, the charity sponsoring the service.
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Acting D.H.S. head shouted down by protesters at immigration conference
Kevin McAleenan was supposed to be the keynote speaker at the 16th annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference at Georgetown University Law Center the morning of Oct. 7, but chanting protesters drowned him out for several minutes.
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Few solutions offered for ongoing harassment of displaced Christians in Iraq
The genocide conducted by the Islamic State against Christian communities in Iraq and Syria has turned into continued harassment by Iran-backed militias and shows no signs of abating soon.
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Abortion rates are on the decline in the U.S., new research reveals
The pro-life community is cheering a report released Sept. 18 that indicates the number and rate of abortions nationwide have fallen to their lowest levels since the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision legalized abortion on demand in 1973.
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Georgetown panel discusses sexual abuse crisis and political division
Georgetown University’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life panel discussed the ongoing clergy sexual abuse crisis. It was, moderator John Carr observed, the seventh time the initiative had focused exclusively on it.
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How did voters’ religion affect the midterm elections?
Exit polls showed that Catholic voters “split right down the middle.” Reflecting the growing number of Hispanic voters, 50 percent of Catholics overall said they voted for Democrats, while 49 percent voted for Republicans.
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New Bing Crosby bio paints picture of crooner and his priest alter-ego
With Father O’Malley, Crosby “concocted a fantasy priest—a perfect, albeit celibate, man.”