religious freedom

Bishops across the U.S. expressed the suspension of the public celebration of Mass was due to the deep respect for human life and health.

As the nation has struggled to curb the spread of the virus and governors have banned gatherings of more than 10 people, there are varied responses to what that means for places of worship.

As the coronavirus pandemic has swept across the country, churches have been forced to follow states’ stay-in-place guidelines, which some see as an infringement of their religious freedom.

“Amid deep fault lines and economic, religious, confessional and political conflicts, we are called to offer our witness to unity and peace,” the pope said Feb. 23 as he joined 60 bishops from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa at the end of a five-day meeting in the southern Italian coastal city of Bari.

The U.S. Supreme Court is currently deliberating a case involving a Montana state constitutional provision steeped in historic anti-Catholic bigotry. The justices’ decision could drastically impact the future of school choice programs across the country.

In this easy-to-read book, the author presents numerous key legal cases and perspectives that the layperson can easily understand, detailing how all people of religions, and those who have no religious beliefs, are equal before the law.

Nine nations were redesignated as “countries of particular concern” for carrying out or tolerating “systematic, ongoing, egregious violations of religious freedom.”

In light of continued attacks on houses of worship and holy sites around the world, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom held an Oct. 23 hearing at the Capitol to learn ways to deter such attacks.