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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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Where Goest Reason?

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In an era when there is more information available than ever before, why is disciplined reasoning so rare?  Wouldn’t one expect this to be reason’s golden age?  Nevertheless, in political contests and in the debates […]

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