(RNS) — The Israeli government, already criticized the world over for its brutal handling of Muslim worshippers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, appears to be bent on proving that it is an equal opportunity ...

Pope Francis decried the regression of freedom of conscience in "Christian countries" during an in-flight press conference Sunday, telling reporters on his return trip from Morocco, "let's not accuse ...

Religious freedom is a wedge issue among politicians in this pandemic, but not among Americans, including believers. Late last month, President Donald Trump announced that churches should be allowed ...

As France begins its second lockdown this year, French bishops are filing an urgent appeal to continue public Masses, arguing that the most recent coronavirus restrictions "violate freedom of worship.

There are pendulum swings in seasonal transitions as there are in the liturgical life of the church. For example, the student transition from the laissez-faire environment of summer to the fall ...

This year’s observance of Memorial Day had a wider focus than usual. Along with honoring the sacrifices of those who gave their lives in service to the nation, it underscored questions about the ...

I blogged below about Judge Browning's Free Exercise Clause analysis; but the church also raised an assembly clause challenge to the ban on gatherings of more than 5 people in places of worship. Such ...

Religious Freedom Day commemorates the 1786 passage of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, “to protect the right of individual conscience and religious exercise and to prohibit the compulsory ...

We are witnessing the emergence of an unstated yet court-sanctioned right that makes no appearance in the Constitution and yet seems to trump the First Amendment at every turn: the right to not be ...

is your neighborhood reporter San Patricio and Aransas County. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Texas House Bill 1239, also know as the Freedom to Worship Act was inspired after places of worship were ordered ...