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Apr 17 2022
News
For many, Easter Sunday marks a return to in-person worship
For many U.S. Christians, this weekend marks the first time since 2019 that they will gather in person on Easter Sunday, a welcome chance to celebrate one of the year’s holiest days side by side with fellow congregants.
The pandemic erupted in the country in March 2020, just ahead of Easter, forcing many churches to resort to online or televised worship. Many continued to hold virtual
Associated PressJul 23 2020
News
'Predictable': Supreme Court transgender decision leads to religious liberty legal battle
A transgender man last week filed a lawsuit against a Catholic-run hospital in Maryland, citing in his complaint June's landmark Supreme Court decision on transgender rights, fulfilling conservative fears that the ruling would usher in a legal war.
The suit, filed on behalf of Jesse Hammons by the American Civil Liberties Union, alleges that St. Joseph Medical Center, a Catholic-run
Washington ExaminerJul 09 2022
Data
Attitudes about transgender issues vary widely among Christians, religious ‘nones’ in U.S.
Growing shares of Americans believe that a person’s gender is determined by their sex assigned at birth, according to a new Pew Research Center survey, which finds major differences by religion on this question and others about transgender issues.
For example, a majority of White evangelical Protestants say society has gone too far in accepting people who are transgender, while
Pew Research CenterMar 17 2020
Opinion
Raise a St. Patrick's Day glass to 'Wild Bill' Donovan, the greatest Irish American
The Feast of St. Patrick is subdued this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Touchstone events, such as New York’s parade, were wisely postponed for the first time since 1762.
March 17 is a bigger deal in America than in Ireland. There was no doubt whom the Irish were back home: known and persecuted for their Catholic faith, Celtic ethnicity, Gaelic language (spoken out “beyond the
Washington ExaminerApr 03 2021
News
UK Police Bust Good Friday Church Service, Threaten to Fine Worshippers
Footage widely shared on social media shows London police interrupting a Good Friday service at a Polish church in London and threatening Christians with fines unless they dispersed.
Metropolitan Police Service officers had interrupted Friday evening’s Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion service at Christ the King Polish Roman Catholic Church in Balham, Wandsworth, for being “unlawful” under
Breitbart NewsNov 23 2018
News
The Pennsylvania report on clergy sex abuse spawned a wave of probes nationwide. Now what?
The explosive report about sexual abuse by Catholic priests unveiled by a Pennsylvania grand jury in August has set off an unprecedented wave of investigations over the last several months, with attorneys general in 14 states and the District of Columbia announcing probes and demanding documents from Catholic officials. Those efforts have been joined by a federal investigation out of
Washington PostDec 23 2021
News
Kim Potter trial: Minneapolis jury finds ex-police officer guilty in death of Daunte Wright
The jury has found former Minneapolis-area police Officer Kim Potter guilty of first and second degree manslaughter charges in the April 2021 death of Daunte Wright.
Kim Potter, 49, could face a maximum sentence of 15 years for the first degree manslaught charge, while second degree charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years.
Judge Regina Chu ordered Potter to be taken into
Fox News (Online News)Aug 06 2022
News
Fancy Farm crowd shouts ‘Breonna Taylor’ throughout AG Daniel Cameron’s speech
Fired-up Democrats in the Fancy Farm crowd refused to let Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron forget what they see as his biggest failure. Dozens of Democrats loudly chanted “Breonna Taylor,” the name of the 26-year-old Black woman killed by Louisville police in 2020, for the duration of Cameron’s speech at the 142nd Annual picnic hosted by St. Jerome Catholic Church. Taylor was fresh in
Lexington Herald-LeaderJul 11 2020
News
Religious liberty’s big week at the Supreme Court
Last week, in one of the Supreme Court’s major rulings about the meaning of religious freedom and the separation of church and state, Justice Samuel Alito wrote a passionate account of the ugly anti-Catholic animus that once animated the country’s education policies.
Christian Science Monitor