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St. Thomas More and the tribulations of our time

June 21, 2021 David G. Bonagura, Jr. 11

State-imposed lockdowns, suspended sacraments, locked churches, city riots, vandalized statues, “cancelling,” educational upheavals—these tribulations rippling from COVID-19 have rocked Catholics and the practice of our faith. As the pandemic gripped the country and the months […]

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‘Overjoyed’ foster moms react to Supreme Court ruling in their favor 

June 17, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Washington D.C., Jun 17, 2021 / 19:00 pm (CNA).
The foster moms at the center of the Supreme Court case Fulton v. City of Philadelphia celebrated the high court unanimously siding with them on Thursday. The Supreme… […]

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Cardinal: Religious freedom will be Europe’s ‘great problem of the future’

June 16, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, S.J., pictured at the Vatican on Oct. 10, 2018 (before he was named a cardinal). / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

Vatican City, Jun 16, 2021 / 13:00 pm (CNA).
A leading European cardinal has said that the great problem the co… […]

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Hong Kong advocacy organization condemns China’s refusal to allow commemoration of Tiananmen Square protests

June 3, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Officers patrol Tiananmen Square in Beijing, May 2013. / Alexandre Kuma via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

Denver Newsroom, Jun 3, 2021 / 17:01 pm (CNA).
An organization aiming to support the democratic movement and religious freedom in Hong Kong spo… […]

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Ahead of pivotal Supreme Court decision, foster care agency mired in religious freedom fight

June 1, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Washington D.C., Jun 1, 2021 / 15:01 pm (CNA).
Ahead of an anticipated ruling by the Supreme Court in a landmark foster care case, a Christian foster care agency in Kentucky says the state is forcing it to violate it… […]

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Michigan high school valedictorian allowed to reference Jesus in graduation speech

June 1, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

Washington D.C., Jun 1, 2021 / 13:30 pm A Michigan high school valedictorian will be allowed to reference her Christian faith in her upcoming graduation speech, after being advised by her school principal to omit […]

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Judicial restraint from SCOTUS benefits religious freedom

May 31, 2021 Gregory J. Sullivan 2

Ken Starr’s new book Religious Liberty in Crisis: Exercising Your Faith in an Age of Uncertainty (Encounter Books, 2021), is a very sound, popular treatment of the constitutional issues surrounding the free-exercise and no-establishment provisions […]

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Argentine lawyers take legal action against restrictions on Mass attendance

May 20, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 20, 2021 / 20:01 pm (CNA).
The Catholic Lawyers Corporation of Argentina filed a writ of amparo on Tuesday contending that recent health regulations decreed during the Covid-19 pandemic  “… […]

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Hundreds of Muslim clerics have been detained in China’s Xinjiang region

May 17, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Uyghurs at a mosque in Kashgar, Xinjiang, China, September 2010. / Preston Rhea via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Urumqi, China, May 17, 2021 / 16:44 pm (CNA).
New research has shown that amid a widespread “reeducation” effort in a region of China— whi… […]

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Milwaukee archdiocese sues over pandemic prison ministry prohibition

May 7, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

Milwaukee, Wis., May 7, 2021 / 15:01 pm America/Denver (CNA). On Friday, the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee against the Wisconsin Department of Corrections […]

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