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Baker argues for cake and conscience at Supreme Court

Dec 5, 2017

A Colorado baker’s right to express himself through artwork – edible artwork– lies at the center of today’s Supreme Court... Read more

Here’s what would happen if America's Catholic outreach disappeared

Jul 14, 2015

By Mary Farrow

A few months ago, Erin McCroy was walking the streets of Denver with Murphy, a 20-something missionary with Christ in... Read more

Ariz. town urged to stop discriminating against houses of worship

Sep 28, 2014

Local government restrictions in Gilbert, Arizona are threatening the protection of religious speech by limiting signs promoting houses of worship... Read more

Thurgood Marshal U.S. Courthouse, home to the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals.

Court upholds ban on religious services in NYC public schools

Apr 8, 2014

A federal appeals court has upheld a New York City policy prohibiting religious services in public school buildings, a decision... Read more

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Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica, presides over a penitential rite on June 3, 2023, two days after a Polish man stripped naked and stood on the basilica’s high altar.

Penitential rite held after naked man stands on St. Peter’s Basilica’s main altar

Flag of Mexico.

Religious persecution takes its toll on Catholic faith in Mexico

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Abortions in Scotland highest on record as government considers abortion on demand

Pope Francis greets pilgrims at the Wednesday general audience in St. Peter's Square on March 22, 2023.

Pope Francis to travel to Mongolia on Aug. 31

Seminarians and priests enjoyed a friendly bowling match in the St. John XXIII Pontifical Lanes during some downtime on an afternoon in May 2023.

PHOTOS: American seminarians having a ‘ball’ in Rome college’s restored 1960s bowling alley

The cross of the German “Synodal Way.”

Group of faithful in Germany rejects Synodal Way: ‘We want to remain Catholic’

The "Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence" at an "LGBT pride" march in 1995.

In 1995 a ‘deeply embarrassed’ MLB owner apologized for event with anti-Catholic drag performers 

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Church in Spain collects almost 1,000 complaints of sexual abuse since 1945

The Reverend Mother Superior Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas.

Fort Worth bishop dismisses Carmelite mother superior in latest in Texas monastery-diocese dispute

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at a campaign stop in Salem, New Hampshire, on June 1, 2023.

Florida bishops plead with DeSantis to spare life of death row inmate

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Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica, presides over a penitential rite on June 3, 2023, two days after a Polish man stripped naked and stood on the basilica’s high altar.

Penitential rite held after naked man stands on St. Peter’s Basilica’s main altar

Seminarians and priests enjoyed a friendly bowling match in the St. John XXIII Pontifical Lanes during some downtime on an afternoon in May 2023.

PHOTOS: American seminarians having a ‘ball’ in Rome college’s restored 1960s bowling alley

Flag of Mexico.

Religious persecution takes its toll on Catholic faith in Mexico

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Abortions in Scotland highest on record as government considers abortion on demand

Pope Francis greets pilgrims at the Wednesday general audience in St. Peter's Square on March 22, 2023.

Pope Francis to travel to Mongolia on Aug. 31