Religious liberty advocates believe that the latest Supreme Court decision will finally banish the hated 19th-century Blaine Amendments for good.
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Judge strikes down Trump administration’s ‘third-country asylum rule’
A federal judge has ruled that a Trump administration policy regarding asylum seekers was unlawfully implemented.
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Poll: Trump trails Biden among Catholic voters (but keeps his lead with white Catholics)
Broken down between white and Hispanic Catholics, the numbers show a stark divide.
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Argentine slum priests call government response to Covid-19 inadequate
“We see with increasing urgency the need for a state intelligently existing and dialoguing with the community to respond to the emergency produced by the pandemic,” they said.
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Respect, understanding can defeat racism, bigotry, Archbishop Gregory says
During an online discussion on faith and racism sponsored by the American Jewish Committee, Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C., said “if we do not know each other…we make it possible for hatred to grow.”
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Bishop Doherty suspends priest who compared Black Lives Matter to ‘maggots and parasites.’
“The suspension offers the Bishop an opportunity for pastoral discernment for the good of the diocese and for the good of Father Rothrock.”
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Cardinal Zen says he’s prepared for arrest under Hong Kong security law
“If right and proper words were considered against their law, I will endure all the suing, trials and arrests. Numerous predecessors have endured similarly,” the 88-year-old cardinal said.
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Pope prays for Poles who asked him to intervene in abuse cases
Polish Catholics have appealed to Pope Francis for help in “rebuilding” the Polish church amid the continuing controversy over that country’s episcopate mishandling of the sex abuse crisis.
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Catholic leaders denounce court’s rejection of federal death penalty appeal
Sister Helen Prejean, a long-time advocate of abolishing the death penalty, has said that the Supreme Court has “abdicated its legal and moral responsibilities” in allowing executions to proceed in various cases.
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Federal judge blocks limits de Blasio, Cuomo put on religious gatherings
A Federal judge has ruled that the restrictions on how many people may gather for church services in New York state cannot be enforced as it presently stands as it is far more stricter than the protocols for comparable secular gatherings.