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Over 70 Christians killed, 20 medical students kidnapped in recent Nigeria violence

August 20, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Terrorist attacks in Benue State, Nigeria, have forced residents to flee their villages and, in some cases, seek shelter in local Catholic churches and schools. Pictured here is St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Yelewata. / Credit: Photo courtesy … […]

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Oklahoma school board rescinds contract for Catholic charter school

August 13, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

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CNA Staff, Aug 13, 2024 / 14:25 pm (CNA).
The Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board on Monday unanimously rescinded the contract for what would have been the nation’s first religious charter school. St. … […]

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Hundreds of Christian leaders appeal for persecuted religious minorities in India

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Christians take part in a Good Friday procession in Amritsar on March 29, 2024. / Credit: NARINDER NANU/AFP via Getty Images

CNA Staff, Aug 8, 2024 / 16:22 pm (CNA).
A group of over 300 U.S. Christian leaders sent a letter to the U.S. State Dep… […]

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IHOP to pay settlement to employee who was forced to work on Sundays

August 7, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

As part of a consent decree, a North Carolina IHOP restaurant will have to pay damages to an ex-employee and revise its religious accommodations policies. / Credit: Mike Mozart from Funny YouTube, USA, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/l… […]

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Federal court rules in favor of Colorado church blocked from running homeless shelter

July 22, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

The Church of the Rock in Castle Rock, Colorado, is a nondenominational Christian church that was founded in the 1980s. After a legal battle with the town over a short-term homeless shelter, the church was vindicated on July 19, 2024, and permit… […]

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Biden administration criticized for omitting Nigeria from religious persecution watchlist

June 28, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 28, 2024 / 18:50 pm (CNA).
Religious freedom activists are criticizing the Biden State Department for continuing to leave Nigeria off its “countries of particular… […]

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Supreme Court overturns ‘Chevron’ doctrine with big implications for religious liberty

June 28, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Religious sisters show their support for the Little Sisters of the Poor outside the Supreme Court, where oral arguments were heard on March 23, 2016, in the Zubik v. Burwell case against the HHS mandate. / Credit: CNA

CNA Staff, Jun 28, 2024 / … […]

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Colorado baker returns to court after activist sues over ‘gender transition’ cake

June 20, 2024 Catholic News Agency 5

Cake artist Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colorado. / Credit: Alliance Defending Freedom

Denver, Colo., Jun 20, 2024 / 12:08 pm (CNA).
A Colorado baker, Jack Phillips, is back in court defending what he sees as his r… […]

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Foster parents sue Vermont after state revokes license for rejecting gender ideology

June 12, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Bryan and Rebecca Gantt, two foster parents in Vermont, had their licenses revoked for refusing to embrace gender ideology. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Alliance Defending Freedom

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 12, 2024 / 11:35 am (CNA).
Two Ver… […]

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Colorado discriminated against Catholic preschools, judge finds

June 5, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

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CNA Staff, Jun 5, 2024 / 17:00 pm (CNA).
Archdiocese of Denver Catholic preschools will now be allowed to participate in Colorado’s universal preschool (UPK) program after a federal court ruled Tuesday that the state… […]

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