A federal judge in Maryland ruled Aug. 3 the agency must offer health care coverage to spouses of gay employees as long as the employees’ jobs are nonreligious in nature.
Federal judge rules CRS must pay health benefits for spouse of gay employee
Catholic radio stations ordered closed, parish raided in Nicaragua
The Nicaraguan government has closed another Catholic radio station, and a report says Catholic young people were detained from a parish.
Reuters: Vatican rep warned Catholic missionaries of Hong Kong crackdown
During the sessions, the Vatican envoy urged missionary groups to take appropriate measures to protect the property, files, and funds of their missions, people familiar with the meetings told Reuters.
China deploys hundreds of auditors to monitor religious activities online
The Chinese Communist Party is seeking to expand its apparatus to monitor and curb religious activities in cyberspace through training and deploying hundreds of “auditors” across the country, triggering concerns from rights groups.
Bishop says Nigerian church where massacre occurred to reopen by this fall
Bishop Arogundade expects St. Francis Xavier Church, site of the Pentecost slaughter of 40 people during Mass, to reopen by the fall.
Former U.K. Cabinet member: China is threat to Hong Kong religions
Rev. Aitken, 79, ordained an Anglican priest in 2019, warned “there are increasingly ominous signs” that religious freedom in Hong Kong is “next on the hit list by the destructive forces” of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s regime.
Supreme Court sides with coach in public school prayer case
In a 6-3 vote June 27, the Supreme Court ruled that a former high school football coach had the right to pray on the football field after games because his prayers were private speech and did not represent the public school’s endorsement of religion.
Brutal attack on worshippers in Nigeria is called attack on ‘entire church’
A gunmen fired at people inside and outside St. Francis Xavier Church in Owo, located in the southwestern state of Ondo.