Church goers pray keeping social distancing at the St. Sanislaus Kostka Catholic Church  in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York on June 11, 2020.

Robert Nickelsberg
Church goers pray keeping social distancing at the St. Sanislaus Kostka Catholic Church in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York on June 11, 2020.

A pair of recent instructions from the U.S. Supreme Court have signaled support for the pushback by Catholic bishops and other faith groups against measures they insist are unfair and unnecessary.