No Religious Symbols in White House Easter Egg Contest Follows Tradition
April 1, 2024
About 40,000 people took part in the April 1 White House Easter egg roll that involved an egg hunt, games,...
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Three States Enact New Laws Intended to Ensure Religious Freedom Protections
March 29, 2024
In the past few weeks, Republican governors in Idaho, Utah, and West Virginia signed into law measures designed to grant...
Supreme Court Rules Sandmann’s Libel Lawsuit Against Media Outlets Can’t Move Forward
March 27, 2024
The Supreme Court has declined to take up the defamation case of a former Kentucky Catholic high school student, Nicholas...
Supreme Court Seems Likely to Allow Loosened Restrictions on Abortion Pill
March 26, 2024
During oral arguments March 26 about the public’s access to the abortion pill mifepristone, the Supreme Court justices seemed likely...
Baltimore Archbishop Calls for Prayers After Bridge Collapse
March 26, 2024
In response to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore March 26, Baltimore Archbishop William Lori urged...
US Catholic Bishops’ Holy Week Message: Pray for an End to Israel-Hamas War
March 25, 2024
Leaders of U.S. bishops are urging Catholics to pray during Holy Week for an end to the Israel-Hamas war.
A Growing Number of States Are Considering Fetal Personhood Legislation
March 24, 2024
Alabama received a lot of attention in February when the state’s top court ruled that frozen embryos were considered children...
Easter Vigil Masses Are Illuminated With ‘the Living Flame’ of Paschal Candles
March 20, 2024
The rich symbolism of darkness to light is not lost on Mark Steigerwald, vice president of the Cathedral Candle Company...
Wisconsin High Court Rules a Catholic Charities Unit Is Not Exempt From Unemployment Tax
March 19, 2024
Wisconsin’s Supreme Court, in a divided ruling mid-March, said that because the work that a state Catholic Charities’ agency does...
Supreme Court Won’t Hear Appeal From Catholic Parents of Transgender Teen Taken by State of Indiana
March 19, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court declined, without comment, March 18 to take up an appeal by an Indiana Catholic couple whose...