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by bcadmin | Feb 8, 2022 | Abortion, Catholic News Service, Catholic politicians, Catholics and politics, Church in the US, Diocese of Las Vegas, faith and politics, Nevada, News, pro-choice politicians, the pro-life movement | 0 |
The bishop of Las Vegas asked any Catholic politician who is “at odds” with church teaching upholding the sanctity of all life to voluntarily refrain from presenting himself or herself for Communion while they hold public office.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 24, 2022 | Associated Press, Church closings, Church in the US, Nevada, News, Parish closings | 0 |
A historic church in Sparks designed by one of Nevada’s most prolific architects is facing demolition.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 29, 2021 | Bishop Appointment, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Diocese of Las Vegas, Nevada, News | 0 |
Pope Francis has appointed Msgr. Gregory W. Gordon, vicar general of the Las Vegas Diocese since 2020, to be an auxiliary bishop of the Nevada diocese.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 26, 2021 | Associated Press, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Nevada, News, Religious Freedom | 0 |
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused a rural Nevada church’s request to enter a legal battle over the government’s authority to limit the size of religious gatherings amid the COVID-19 pandemic — after the church won an appeals court ruling last month that found Nevada’s restrictions unconstitutional.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 16, 2020 | Associated Press, Church in the US, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, First Amendment, Nevada, News, religious liberty, U.S. Supreme Court, worship | 0 |
A U.S. appeals court agreed Tuesday with two Nevada churches that have argued for months that the state’s COVID-19 restrictions are unconstitutional because they place harsher attendance limits on religious gatherings than casinos and other secular businesses.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 9, 2020 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Nevada, News, worship | 0 |
A three-member U.S. appeals court panel appeared sympathetic Tuesday to arguments by lawyers for two Nevada churches that say state COVID-19 restrictions treating churches differently than casinos and other secular businesses violate their First Amendment rights.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 2, 2020 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Catholic Schools, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Diocese of Reno, Nevada, News | 0 |
A Catholic high school in western Nevada has kept its campus closed this week after two students tested positive for COVID-19.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 20, 2020 | Associated Press, Catholic Charities, Catholic Church, Church in the US, Diocese of Las Vegas, Financial mismanagement, fraud, Las Vegas, Nevada, News | 0 |
Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada has agreed to pay more than $206,000 to settle a federal fraud investigation that focused on community service grants for Foster Grandparent and Senior Companion programs in 2014 and 2015, authorities said Wednesday.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 28, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Nevada, News, U.S. Supreme Court | 0 |
In a 5-4 decision July 24, the Supreme Court upheld Nevada’s limits on congregation sizes, denying a request by a Nevada church for permission to have larger gatherings that are currently permitted in the state’s casinos, restaurants and other businesses.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 27, 2020 | Limits on congregation sizes, Nevada, News, Supreme Court, U.S. & World News | 0 |
In a 5-4 decision July 24, the Supreme Court upheld Nevada’s limits on congregation sizes, denying a request by a Nevada church for permission to have larger gatherings that are currently permitted in the state’s casinos, restaurants and other businesses.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 10, 2020 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in the US, Coronavirus, covid, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Diocese of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, News | 0 |
Catholic officials in Las Vegas say they have temporarily closed a church where a priest conducted Mass this week before learning he had tested positive for COVID-19.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 2, 2020 | Associated Press, Church in the US, Churches, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Nevada, News, social distancing | 0 |
Lawyers for the state of Nevada say the 50-person cap placed on worship services due to the coronavirus doesn’t infringe on constitutional protections of religious freedom because it doesn’t target anyone’s ideology or opinion.
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