COVID-19 One Year Later
A NOTE FROM OUR PUBLISHER: As Catholics, it is our constitutional right as religious believers to assemble for worship, not a privilege that can be withdrawn unilaterally by the state.
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Good News for California Churches and Boston Catholic Schools
The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued an important ruling that California’s ban on indoor worship and singing in churches — worship-targeting — is unconstitutional. We talk to EWTN News’ legal analyst Andrea Picciotti-Bayer about the ramifications of the High Court’s decision, and what lies ahead for religious freedom in the country. And then, Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Boston “followed the science” and have kept its students safe amid the pandemic. We are joined by Thomas Carroll, superintendent for the Archdiocese of Boston schools about good news and the many challenges facing Catholic schools.
Supreme Court Lifts California Ban on Indoor Worship as Pastors Mark Year of Turmoil and Sacrifice
Catholic bishops and pastors respond to the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling Feb. 5 to allow indoor services, including Mass, amid the pandemic.
Civil Strategies to Defend Religious Freedom for All People of Faith
COMMENTARY: Now is not the time to panic. People of faith need strategies to weather this storm.
Mass Is More Than Essential — It Is the Source and Summit of Our Life
“The Eucharist is the heart and the summit of the Church's life, for in it Christ associates his Church and all her members with his sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving offered once for all on the cross to his Father; by this sacrifice he pours out the graces of salvation on his Body which is the Church.” [1407]
The Supreme Court Just Handed a Win to Religious Freedom in California
“If Hollywood may host a studio audience … while not a single soul may enter California’s churches, synagogues, and mosques,” writes Justice Neil Gorsuch, “something has gone seriously awry.”
Trump’s Former Chief of HHS’ Office of Civil Rights Explains His Lawsuit Against the Biden Administration
INTERVIEW: Roger Severino was asked to step down before his term on the Council of the Administrative Conference of the United States ended. Now, he has filed a suit against the Biden White House for firing him after he refused to resign.
President Biden’s Transgender Agenda Poses Religious Freedom and Privacy Problems
Critics outline the challenges of the administration’s policies.
Court Victories Strengthen Catholic Groups’ Protections Against ‘Gender Transition’ Mandates
Catholic groups like the Catholic Benefits Association say their religious-freedom position has been strengthened by a federal injunction against mandatory insurance coverage or medical referrals.
The Supreme Court, Taylor Swift and Religious Freedom
COMMENTARY: ‘Chike Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski’ is crucial to constitutional rights, especially religious freedom.
