Hong Kong's legislature has fast-tracked a controversial new law that some observers claim could see priests imprisoned if they do not reveal to the authorities certain crimes confessed during the sacrament of penance.
The United Nations and human rights groups have warned that
When religion or culture is used to sow division or to impose a certain world view on others, it becomes an ideology, Pope Francis said. "When culture is distilled and transformed into ideology, this is poison," the pope told a reporter who
(OSV News) — The U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee chairman said he is “grateful” a proposed constitutional amendment — one that could have expanded abortion while reducing religious freedom — has failed to move forward. On April 27, the U.S. Senate declined to
Attorneys for doctors and hospitals argued in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit March 3 that they shouldn't be forced to perform gender-transition surgeries required under the Affordable Care Act, stressing this is an issue of conscience.
The case focuses
A federal judge in Texas has upheld the conscience rights of medical professionals across the nation, said a lawyer for plaintiffs in the case. In an Oct. 15 ruling, Judge Reed O'Connor of U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Gay marriage is a settled legal matter in the United States that — for now, at least — does not compel churches to bless same-sex unions. And while there is some common ground that practicing Catholics and LGBT advocates could agree on
Partisan mayhem has crept into everything, and a more penitential posture would go a long way
In November, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops signaled strong support for continuing its commitment to religious liberty by transitioning its expired ad hoc committee on the subject into a standing committee. With new leadership — Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville