In a brief filed with the Supreme Court, the U.S. bishops argued that a Catholic agency should not be banned from participation in the Philadelphia foster care system due to its beliefs on marriage. “The Catholic Church serves orphans through adoption and foster care not simply because it cares about children, but because it is…Read More
NBA stars Trae Young, Russell Westbrook and Blake Griffin all sent letters to Gov. Kevin Stitt and the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board, asking them to commute the sentence of Julius Jones. “This is a serious, serious matter, and I’m not taking that lightly,” Young said at a peaceful protest in Norman on Monday. “I’m…Read More
NBA stars Trae Young, Russell Westbrook and Blake Griffin all sent letters to Gov. Kevin Stitt and the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board, asking them to commute the sentence of Julius Jones. “This is a serious, serious matter, and I’m not taking that lightly,” Young said at a peaceful protest in Norman on Monday. “I’m…Read More
U.S. Senators James Lankford and Jim Inhofe are members of a group of Senators asking the Supreme Court to hear a case dealing with state voter laws. The group submitted an amicus brief for DNC v. Hobbs out of Arizona. They contend the lower court’s decision would jeopardize neutral voting laws designed to prevent election…Read More
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order “to advance international religious freedom,” after he visited the St John Paul II National Shrine in Washington, DC. The order calls religious freedom “a moral and national security imperative” and declares it “a foreign policy priority of the United States.” The order calls for “robust” engagement…Read More
As the nation was gripped by widespread unrest over the weekend in response to the killing of yet another unarmed black man by a police officer last week, U.S. Catholic leaders said recent events served as a “wake-up call” to the racism that continues to plague the country, while encouraging non-violent protests as a means…Read More
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of California’s limits on the number of people who may attend a church service, in a decision that saw justices debating whether religious services were being treated more strictly than similar gatherings under restrictions aimed to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus. Chief Justice John Roberts, a President…Read More