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Nov 04 2020
Analysis
Supreme Court Hears Arguments Over Whether Religious Agencies Can Reject Gay Foster Parents
The Supreme Court this morning spent two hours debating whether the city of Philadelphia can decline to contract with a Catholic organization to place foster children with families if that organization holds religious objections to allowing same-sex couples to participate.
The complicated case pits the general application of discrimination laws against the boundaries of religious
ReasonMar 27 2020
News
Zoom Shabbat, drive-through confessional: Faith during coronavirus
During the pandemic, what does it mean to come together and pray? Members of many religions are wrestling with how to best serve their faith while heeding government guidelines.
Even though it was a sunny afternoon, Father Corey Bassett-Tirrell was shocked to see the line of cars in the parking lot of St. Mary Church in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, waiting to participate in the parish’s
Christian Science MonitorOct 25 2021
News
Doctors are often unaware of the only treatment for early Covid-19
On September 17, Mayra Arana made the phone call she says saved her life.
Arana had been vaccinated against Covid-19, but she developed a breakthrough infection. She feared the virus might kill her, since her immune system is weak after years of treatment for leukemia.
Arana's family physician in California told her there wasn't much she could do besides stay home and rest.
CNN (Online News)Jan 18 2015
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A Pope That Makes Democrats Squirm and Republicans Wriggle
In the Reagan era, conservative Republicans felt they had a powerful ally in Pope John Paul II, whose forceful anti-communism and anti-abortion stances played out in American politics.
Today’s conservatives are apprehensive about Pope Francis, who has changed the tone and culture, not the doctrines, of the Roman Catholic Church in less than two years as pontiff. He stresses, with
New York Times (News)Mar 05 2021
Analysis
Pope Francis is visiting Iraq to meet with Ayatollah Sistani. Here's why it's a historic trip.
Pope Francis begins his first overseas trip since the coronavirus outbreak Friday. Of all the places he could travel to, he chose Iraq.
The pilgrimage to historic Babylon has been a dream of former popes — a visit to the birthplace of Abraham, patriarch of Jews, Christians and Muslims. But it also marks what is believed to be the first meeting in history between the head of the Catholic
NBC News (Online)Dec 25 2018
News
Remember the poor and shun materialism, pope says on Christmas Eve
Pope Francis led the world’s Roman Catholics into Christmas on Monday, urging people in the developed world to seek a simpler, less materialistic life and condemning the yawning gap between the rich and the poor.
ReutersAug 13 2018
News
Why the Vatican continues to struggle with sex abuse scandals
With revelation after revelation, a new wave of sexual abuse scandals is rocking the Roman Catholic Church and presenting Pope Francis with the greatest crisis of his papacy.
Washington PostAug 02 2018
News
Pope Francis goes all-in against the death penalty.
The Vatican announced on Thursday that the pontiff revised the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the church’s written summarization of its teachings, to categorically oppose capital punishment in all circumstances.
New RepublicAug 02 2018
News
Pope declares death penalty inadmissible, changing Church's stance
Pope Francis has declared that the death penalty is never admissible and that the Catholic Church will work towards its abolition around the world, the Vatican formally announced Thursday.
CNN (Online News)Nov 30 2020
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Supreme Court Blocks NY Religious Restrictions
“The Supreme Court late Wednesday night granted requests from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn and two Orthodox Jewish synagogues to block enforcement of a New York executive order restricting attendance at houses of worship. Both the diocese and the synagogues claimed that the executive order violated the right to the free exercise of religion guaranteed by the First Amendment,
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