Showing posts with label Catholic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Catholic. Show all posts
Thursday, November 13, 2025

Catholic Bishops Issue Special Pastoral Message on Immigration

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Yesterday, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, gathered at their Fall Plenary Assembly, issued a Special Pastoral Message on immigratio...
Sunday, November 09, 2025

En Banc Review Rejected on Denial of Interlocutory Appeal of Church Autonomy Issue

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In O'Connell v. U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops , (DC Cir., Nov. 6, 2025), the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, over one dissent, denied...
Thursday, November 06, 2025

Priest's Defamation Suit Dismissed on Ecclesiastical Abstention Grounds

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In Catholic Diocese of Richmond v. Smalls ,  (VA App, Nov. 5, 2025), a Virginia state appellate court dismissed on ecclesiastical abstention...
Thursday, October 23, 2025

Wisconsin Argues for Eliminating Religious Nonprofit Exemption from Unemployment Tax

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 As previously reported , in June in Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. v. Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission , the U.S. Supreme Co...
Sunday, October 19, 2025

Catholic Bishops Object to White House's Initiatives Creating Greater Access to IVF

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In a Fact Sheet ( full text ) released October 16, the White House announced several initiatives designed to increase access to, and reduce ...
Friday, October 17, 2025

Placing Patron Saint Statues on City Safety Building Is Enjoined

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In Fitzmaurice v. City of Quincy ,  (MA Super. Ct., Oct. 14, 2025), a Massachusetts state trial court issued a preliminary injunction barrin...

Diocese Has Vested Right in Statute of Limitations That Has Run in Suit by Abuse Victim

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In 2020, the New Hampshire legislature amended its statute of limitations by removing the limitation period for suits alleging sexual assaul...
Saturday, October 11, 2025

NY Court Dismisses Suit by Parishes Challenging their Bishop's Decision to Close Them

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In  Rozak v Diocese of Buffalo , (NY Erie County Sup. Ct., Sept. 26, 2025), a number of Catholic parishes sued the Diocese of Buffalo in an ...
Friday, October 10, 2025

Law and Religion Blogosphere Is Shrinking

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The blogging platform Typepad closed down on September 30. As reported by Lexblog , "Typepad was arguably once the most popular publis...
Thursday, August 14, 2025

Contraceptive Mandate Religious and Moral Accommodation Rules Held Invalid

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In Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Trump ,  (ED PA, Aug. 13, 2025), a Pennsylvania federal district court invalidated two rules promulgated ...
Monday, July 21, 2025

Court Enjoins Newly Mandated Child Abuse Reporting By Priests

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In Etienne v. Ferguson ,  (WD WA, July 18, 2025), a Washington federal district court issued a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of...
Friday, July 11, 2025

Bishops Excuse Those Who Fear ICE Raids from Attending Mass

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This week, the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of San Bernadino issued a Decree ( full text ) formally dispensing from the obligation to atte...
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 ...