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Supreme Court upholds freedom to pray at public meetings
The U.S. Supreme Court on May 5 upheld the practice of voluntary prayer before public meetings by a 5-4 ruling,... Read more
Legal groups offer free analysis in wake of Mozilla head's resignation
After the resignation of a Silicon Valley CEO following an uproar over his defense of marriage, two firms are providing... Read more
FOCUS grateful for injunction against contraception mandate
The Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS) has welcomed a federal court’s injunction against the HHS mandate that the student... Read more
Service to poor will be focus of 2014 Fortnight for Freedom
The U.S. bishops have announced a third Fortnight for Freedom to encourage prayer and awareness of religious liberty, with a... Read more
Arabic iBreviary a 'gateway' to religious freedom, creator says
Fr. Paolo Padrini, creator of the iBreviary application, said that part of his goal for the recent release of the... Read more
Supreme Court declines to hear religious freedom photography case
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to weigh in on a case involving a small Christian-owned photography business that... Read more
Women rally outside Supreme Court for religious liberty
Women supporting employers challenging the government's contraception spoke out in support of a vision of women's equality that supports fertility... Read more
Religious freedom essential for global human rights, panel says
Experts at a recent panel talk in Washington, D.C., suggested that while religious freedom has become a respectable component of... Read more
Critics say Ariz. bill veto swarmed by misleading rhetoric
The Arizona Catholic Conference has lamented the veto of Arizona religious freedom bill S.B. 1062, noting the “extremely intense, if... Read more
Kan. religious freedom bill dies after being labeled 'segregation'
A Kansas bill to protect the conscience rights of those who morally object to “gay marriage” stalled in the legislature... Read more
Christians are most persecuted group on earth, legislators told
Experts testifying before U.S. lawmakers warned that many Christians around the world are facing serious persecution that often goes unreported... Read more
Obama highlights religious freedom at National Prayer Breakfast
Speaking at an annual prayer breakfast in the nation’s capital, U.S. President Barack Obama stressed the need for religious freedom... Read more
Hobby Lobby draws wide breadth of support in mandate case
Hundreds of individuals and groups from a broad range of religious and political backgrounds have filed briefs supporting the owners... Read more
US military expands accommodations for religious attire
New rules from the Pentagon seek to broaden religious attire protections for members of the armed services, though some critics... Read more
Defense of conscience critical to pro-life movement, scholar says
Prevailing attitudes toward abortion within the medical community show the need to safeguard conscience rights while working to protect life,... Read more
Scholars say abortion is a public, not private matter
Scholars from across a wide field of inquiry discussed the framing of abortion as a private matter, challenging that the... Read more
New Supreme Court injunction benefits Little Sisters
A new injunction from the U.S. Supreme Court will protect the Little Sisters of the Poor from the demands of... Read more
USA Today to Obama admin: leave Little Sisters alone
The editors of USA Today have urged the Obama administration to stop trying to require the Little Sisters of the... Read more
Christian baker files religious freedom appeal in marriage ruling
A Christian baker in Colorado is appealing a judge's ruling that he must violate his religious beliefs and bake a... Read more
Little Sisters threatened by HHS mandate, lawyers argue
Despite the claims of the U.S. Justice Department, the demands of the federal contraception mandate threaten the continued works of... Read more
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