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by bcadmin | Nov 9, 2022 | Associated Press, Boston, Church in the US, Massachusetts, News, Religious Freedom, U.S. Supreme Court | 0 |
The city of Boston has agreed to pay more than $2.1 million to the Christian legal organization that backed a court challenge after the city refused to fly a Christian flag outside City Hall, a case that made it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 4, 2022 | 2022 Papal Trip to Bahrain - Live Coverage, Bahrain, Catholic-Muslim relations, Church in the Middle East, lead, News, Papal travel, papal trip, Persian Gulf, Pope Francis, Religious Freedom | 0 |
On his first full day in Bahrain, Pope Francis told attendees of a high-profile interfaith summit aimed at reinforcing dialogue with Islam that full religious freedom is a prerequisite to peace, and mere tolerance is not enough.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 3, 2022 | Bahrain, From the Pope, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, News, Religious Freedom, Sheikh Ahmad el-Tayeb | 0 |
Commitments to protect tolerance and religious freedom need to be put into practice constantly so that these rights may be fully experienced, Pope Francis said.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 24, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in the US, LGBT, Masterpiece Cakeshop, News, Religious Freedom | 0 |
A California judge has ruled in favor of a bakery owner who refused to make wedding cakes for a same-sex couple because it violated her Christian beliefs.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 14, 2022 | Bahrain, Church in the Middle East, lead, News, Papal travel, Papal Trips, Pope Francis, Religious Freedom | 0 |
An American activist group promoting human rights in Bahrain has called on Pope Francis to either back out of his upcoming visit to the Gulf nation or criticize what they say are repressive and discriminatory government practices.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 11, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Masterpiece Cakeshop, News, Religious Freedom, Transgender | 0 |
Colorado baker Jack Phillips is currently fighting a ruling that he violated the state’s anti-discrimination law for refusing to bake a cake to celebrate a gender transition.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 10, 2022 | Archbishop Peter Comensoli, archdiocese of Melbourne, Australia, Catholic politicians, Catholics and politics, Church in Oceania, faith and politics, faith and sports, lead, Melbourne, News, Religious Freedom, sports, Victoria | 0 |
In an editorial, Melbourne’s archbishop accused the top political figure in the Australian state of Victoria of stirring up a “spirit of divisiveness” by accusing a local church of bigotry.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 6, 2022 | Archbishop Peter Comensoli, archdiocese of Melbourne, Australia, Church in Oceania, faith and sports, lead, Melbourne, News, Religious Freedom, sports, Victoria | 0 |
After an executive of a local Australian football club was forced to step down due to his traditional Christian beliefs, the Archbishop of Melbourne said he might have to find a new team to support.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 4, 2022 | Archdiocese of Indianapolis, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Gay Catholics, News, Religious Freedom, Same-sex "Marriage", U.S. Supreme Court | 0 |
A federal court in Indiana sided with the Archdiocese of Indianapolis and one of its Catholic high schools in a lawsuit filed by a former guidance counselor who said her contract was not renewed because of her same-sex union.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 1, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in the US, faith and sports, News, Prayer in schools, Religious Freedom, Supreme Court | 0 |
Across the ideological spectrum, there were predictions of dramatic consequences when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a public high school football coach’s right to pray on the field after games.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 1, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in the US, faith and sports, News, Prayer in schools, Religious Freedom, Supreme Court | 0 |
Across the ideological spectrum, there were predictions of dramatic consequences when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a public high school football coach’s right to pray on the field after games.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 19, 2022 | Cardinal Joseph Zen, China, Church in Asia, democracy, Hong Kong, lead, News, Pope Francis, provisional agreement, Religious Freedom, Vatican-China | 0 |
On Monday the trial against Chinese Cardinal Joseph Zen and five other defendants formally opened in Hong Kong, initiating highly controversial proceedings that have been widely criticized as an attack against democracy and religious freedom.
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