“Let’s understand: Religious discrimination can also mean using one’s own religion to discriminate against others.”
Religious Freedom
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
Catholics need to take a stand against anti-Semitism
Any instance of anti-Semitism is “a blasphemy against God’s chosen people.”
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Why the courts were wrong to rule against a florist who declined service to a gay wedding
A court decision compelling businesses to cater to same-sex weddings is a lazy response to the challenges of a pluralist society.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Support is pouring in for vandalized Jewish cemetery
Muslim groups have raised nearly $75,000 in a crowdfunding campaign for the Chesed Shel Emeth Society cemetery in University City, Missouri.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Support pours in for vandalized Jewish cemetery
Muslim groups has raised nearly $75,000 in a crowdfunding campaign for the Chesed Shel Emeth Society cemetery in University City, Missouri.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Catholic bishops call on Trump to move on religious liberty concerns
Critics of a draft executive order say it could be devastating to L.G.B.T. people.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
The fight for religious liberty is never going to end. We’d better get used to it.
The Bill of Rights has failed to protect religious groups from legal assault on a number of occasions since our nation’s founding. Can it happen again?
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
US bishops urge Trump administration to issue executive order on religious freedom
Those opposing the order say it would legalize discrimination and was too far-reaching
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Cardinal Tong: The Vatican and China could be close to a milestone agreement
One fruit of this Sino-Vatican agreement, which neither side has confirmed, will be that “from now on, there will be no more the crisis of a division between the open and underground communities in the church in China,” wrote Cardinal Tong.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Boy Scouts’ gender identity policy will not change Catholic Scouting policies
The Boy Scouts change in policy “has no impact on the operation and program delivery of Scouting program(s) in Catholic-chartered units,” said the Catholic Scouting committee.