In the face of Nicaragua's authoritarian regime, "the prophetic voice of the Catholic Church cannot be underestimated," said an opposition leader recently exiled to the U.S., who joined fellow speakers at a Dec. 1 presentation on the church's role in preserving democratic
The Sisters of Life — a Catholic community of religious women dedicated to helping pregnant women in need — are celebrating a legal victory in New York after challenging a law that they said allowed government officials to access private internal documents,
Since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel and amid an increase in rhetoric and actions of religious hatred in the United States, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Religious Liberty
In the 25 years since the U.S. International Religious Freedom Act became law, "restrictions on religious freedom have been steadily increasing for several years" around the globe, said the chairmen of the U.S. bishops' religious liberty and international policy committees.
"Sadly," 80% of
The court will hear challenges regarding Texas and Florida laws designed to combat what they alleged were social media companies' content policies that disproportionately restricted conservatives. The justices will consider a challenge to the constitutionality of a federal ban on the possession
Indignation. That's what one religious sister said she feels when she hears Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Rosario Murillo, the country's vice president, refer to themselves as Christians.
At least 31 women religious like her have been expelled or left Nicaragua
The Vatican urged the international community to press for a "special statute" to guarantee religious freedom in the city of Jerusalem in any agreements regarding a peace deal between Israel and Palestine.
Addressing a ministerial-level meeting on the sidelines of the U.N. General
LOCKPORT, La. (OSV News) -- A Louisiana Catholic parish and its school are mourning the destruction of a beloved, life-sized statue of Jesus, which was decapitated during the overnight hours of Sept. 12-13. Father James Rome, parochial administrator of Holy Savior Parish
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a 9-2 decision that the San Jose Unified School District likely violated the Fellowship of Christian Athletes' First Amendment right to free exercise of religion when it revoked its status as a recognized
A Stations of the Cross display on privately owned wooded land seems an unlikely subject for a federal case.
Yet, just such a case has come out of Genoa Township in Livingston County in southeastern Michigan, escalating from a local government dispute over