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Uptick in attacks on Catholic parishes reveals hostility to faith, religious liberty
By Martin Barillas Ann Arbor, Michigan, Mar 6, 2024 / 08:00 am In a message to parishioners, Father Ed Cimbala, pastor of St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Parish in New York City, revealed that overnight on March 3 intruders entered his rectory and office, wrecking both while he was sleeping in an attack that …
UPDATE: Senators press FBI on alleged deletion of files related to Catholic investigation
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 2, 2024 / 15:00 pm More than a dozen senators are demanding that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) come clean about its efforts to surveil traditionalist Catholics, with the lawmakers accusing the agency of deleting records, withholding details, and giving misleading information about …
Latin Mass held in Capitol on anniversary of FBI memo targeting traditional Catholics
By Joe Bukuras, Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 23, 2024 / 19:25 pm One year after the FBI’s Richmond office sent out a memorandum outlining an investigation into traditionalist Catholics, a Latin Mass was held in the U.S. Capitol with the support of House Speaker Mike Johnson and two other Republican …
Are these the best and worst states for religious freedom?
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Nov 2, 2023 / 17:48 pm The U.S. state with the greatest number of religious freedom safeguards is Illinois, while the state with the fewest safeguards is West Virginia, according to a new analysis. First Liberty Institute, a Texas Christian nonprofit legal organization specializing in religious …
U.S. bishops: Biden administration’s proposed workplace guidance a ‘chill’ to free speech
By Joe Bukuras CNA Staff, Nov 1, 2023 / 18:10 pm The U.S. Catholic bishops told the Biden administration last week that its newly proposed guidance on sex-based harassment in the workplace is unconstitutional because it bans speech opposing abortion and expressing certain views on contraception, same-sex relationships, and gender identity. …
Congress members urge DOJ to reject deportation of German family who sought asylum in US
By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Oct 6, 2023 / 17:10 pm A group of congressional representatives this week urged the Biden Department of Justice to refrain from deporting a German family who emigrated to the U.S. more than a decade ago seeking asylum in order to home-school their children. In the letter, addressed …
Family who fled Germany to home-school their kids faces deportation from the U.S.
By Daniel Payne Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 26, 2023 / 15:20 pm A German family that has lived in the United States for more than a decade after leaving their home country in order to legally home-school their children faces possible deportation next month, their supporters said. The Romeikes — father …
California governor signs bills that would penalize schools that refuse to teach LGBT content
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 27, 2023 / 12:00 pm California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation that would reduce funding to schools that restrict LGBT content from their classrooms. The bill would centralize state authority over school curricula by fining schools that restrict books that cover homosexuality …
COVID on the rise again: Which states now protect churches from closure?
By Jonah McKeown, Zelda Caldwell Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 15, 2023 / 16:40 pm After hitting their lowest recorded levels since the start of the pandemic in early summer, COVID-19 cases have begun to increase again, raising the specter of new mask mandates and recalling the early days of the pandemic, when …
Catholic farmer booted from farmers market for views on same-sex weddings wins in court
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 23, 2023 / 12:14 pm A Michigan farmer can continue selling his products at a farmers market after a court ruled that city officials in East Lansing, Michigan, violated his religious freedom when they barred his participation in the event because of his Catholic …
