Showing posts with label Catholic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Catholic. Show all posts
Sunday, June 08, 2025

USCCB Releases 2024 Report on Sexual Abuse by Clergy

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On June 6, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced the release of their 2024 Annual Report on the Implementation of the Charter f...
Thursday, June 05, 2025

Texas Supreme Court: AG May Begin Proceedings to Close Down Catholic Refugee Agency for Harboring Illegal Migrants

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In Paxton v. Annunciation House, Inc. ,  (TX Sup. Ct., May 30, 2025), the Texas Supreme Court held that a state trial court was in error in...

Washington Bishops Sue Challenging Expanded Child Abuse Reporting Law

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Last week, the Catholic bishops in Washington state filed suit challenging the constitutionality of a  recently adopted amendment to the sta...
Thursday, May 08, 2025

Bankruptcy Court Allows Child Abuse Victims to File Suits to Avoid New Limits on Damages in Maryland

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As previously reported , in September 2023, the Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore filed for bankruptcy protection in advance of the Oct. 1, ...
Sunday, May 04, 2025

Catholic Leaders Criticize Trump Over AI Picture of Him as Pope

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An unusual conflict between the President of the United States and Catholic leaders has surfaced.  It began last Wednesday with what, accord...
Thursday, April 24, 2025

Convicted Cardinal Claims Eligibility to Vote for New Pope

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In the Vatican, an unusual legal dispute has surfaced over the eligibility of the former deputy Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Giovann...
Thursday, April 17, 2025

Catholic Employers Get Permanent Injunction Against EEOC

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In Catholic Benefits Association v. Luca s, (D ND, April 25, 2025), a North Dakota federal district court converted a preliminary injunction...
Tuesday, April 08, 2025

Catholic Bishops Conference Ends Agreements with U.S. On Refugees and Children's Services

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In a press release yesterday, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced that it will not renew its cooperative agreements with the ...
Tuesday, April 01, 2025

Media Say Justices Seemed to Favor Catholic Charities Position in Yesterday's SCOTUS Arguments

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News media reporting on yesterday's Supreme Court arguments in  Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Revie...
Monday, March 31, 2025

Supreme Court Will Hear Oral Arguments Today on Tax Exemption for Catholic Charities

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The U.S. Supreme Court this morning will hear oral arguments in  Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Co...
Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Diocese and Pregnancy Center Challenge Illinois Ban on Employment Discrimination Because of Reproductive Health Care Choices

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Suit was filed last week in an Illinois federal district court by a Christian Pregnancy Care Center and a Catholic diocese challenging the r...
Monday, March 24, 2025

Kansas House Condemns Planned Satanic Black Mass at Statehouse

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On March 20, the Kansas state House of Representatives adopted House Resolution 6016 ( full text ) denouncing a Black Mass planned by the Sa...
Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Justice Department in Policy Change Files Amicus Brief Supporting Religious Charter School

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 As previously reported , the U.S. Supreme Court has granted certiorari in Oklahoma Virtual Charter School Board v. Drummond and the relate...
Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Trump Nominates Brian Burch as Ambassador to the Vatican

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Yesterday, President Donald Trump formally submitted to Congress the nomination of Brian Burch to be U.S. ambassador to the Holy See. Burch...
Wednesday, March 05, 2025

Trump Issues Ash Wednesday Greetings

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Today the White House released an Ash Wednesday Message ( full text ) from President Trump and the First Lady. The Message reads in part: Th...
Friday, February 21, 2025

Catholic Bishops Sue Feds Over Cutoff of Refugee Resettlement Funding

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The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops this week filed suit against the State Department and HHS challenging the abrupt cutoff of funds for...
Thursday, February 13, 2025

Designation of Catholic Church as Historic Structure Is Enjoined

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In Zubik v. City of Pittsburgh ,  (WD PA, Feb. 11, 2025), a Pennsylvania federal district court enjoined the city of Pittsburgh from designa...
Thursday, January 30, 2025

Maine Supreme Court Invalidates Retroactive Removal of Limitation Period for Child Sex Abuse Claims

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In Dupuis v. Roman Catholic Bishop of Portland ,  (ME Sup. Ct., Jan. 28, 2025), Maine's Supreme Judicial Court, in a 4-2 decision, held ...
Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Suit Challenges Wisconsin Tax Exemption as Violation of State Constitution's Ban on Preference to Religious Establishments

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Suit was filed last week in a Wisconsin state trial court by the Freedom from Religion Foundation and three individual property owners chall...
Friday, January 17, 2025

2 Reports Survey the State of Religious Liberty in the U.S. in 2024

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Two broad reviews of the state of religious liberty in the United States were released yesterday. Becket Fund for Religious Liberty released...