IAMMAN, Jordan (CNS) – Thousands of Iraqi Christians fled shelling by extremist militants and were seeking refuge in the neighboring autonomous Kurdistan region, said Catholic leaders in northern Iraq, who expressed grave concern for the people’s fate.
WASHINGTON (CNS) – In a June 26 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that 35-foot buffer zones around abortion clinics – meant to keep demonstrators away – violates First Amendment rights.
In a narrowly tailored 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court June 30 said closely held companies may be exempted from a government requirement to include contraceptives in employee health insurance coverage under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – In the stronghold of an Italian crime syndicate believed to be richer and more powerful than the Sicilian Mafia, Pope Francis said, “Those who follow the path of evil, like the mafiosi do, are not in communion with God; they are excommunicated!” During a Mass June 21 in the southern region […]
As the Legislative session concluded in Albany, N.Y., Gov. Andrew Cuomo called it “a very productive week,” but the N.Y.S. Catholic Conference chided Cuomo and the legislature for failing to provide tax credits to people who donate to private school scholarship agencies.
Political and religious leaders encouraged Americans to promote traditional marriage with truth and love at the second annual March for Marriage.
Speakers addressing the U.S. bishops on the second day of their spring general assembly in New Orleans urged them to continue their ministry of caring for those in need – reach out in a special way to couples and families.
LANSING, Mich. (CNS) – The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a temporary injunction that had stopped enforcement of the federal contraceptive mandate against several Catholic entities in Michigan and Tennessee while they pursued further appeals of the mandate.
PHOENIX (CNS) – Clergy, religious and laity jammed into St. Catherine of Sienna parish in Phoenix for a standing-room-only funeral Mass for Father Kenneth Walker June 16.
AMMAN, Jordan (CNS) – The fall of Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, to Islamist militants in early June sent half a million residents scurrying for safety, but Christians from the city say they were targeted long before Iraqi security forces abandoned the major political and economic hub.
