WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The U.S. Supreme Court set a November date for oral arguments in a case over a clash between Catholic preschools and the state of Colorado over …
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(OSV News) — In a unanimous decision, Arizona’s Supreme Court upheld a broad definition of clergy-penitent privilege July 30. While the case involved the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, …
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Women religious sue New York over law they say would force them to assist in patient suicides
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonFour orders of women religious and Catholic healthcare ministries sued the state of New York July 17 over a new law allowing physicians to aid terminally ill adults in dying …
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Religious liberty ‘the cornerstone of any just society,’ Pope Leo says in message to Becket gala
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonPHILADELPHIA (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV called the right to religious freedom “the cornerstone of any just society” in a message to a religious liberty law firm delivered June …
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Lawsuit continues to challenge Biden-era regulation adding abortion to pregnant worker protections
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonA group of Catholic ministries asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit to block a federal agency from enforcing an abortion provision in regulations meant to add …
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Supreme Court to hear clash between Catholic preschools, Colorado over ‘universal’ program
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV News) — The U.S. Supreme Court April 20 agreed to hear a case over a clash between Catholic preschools and the state of Colorado over whether those schools can …
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Supreme Court temporarily blocks California policy against parental notification of gender identity
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonThe U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocked California from enforcing policies that generally prohibit public school teachers from notifying parents about a student’s sexual orientation or gender identity.
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NY state drops case to mandate religious groups cover abortion in employee health insurance
by OSV Newsby OSV NewsALBANY, N.Y. (OSV News) — In a sudden development in a case that has lingered in the courts for nearly a decade, the state of New York has given up …
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Washington Roundup: Trump suspends green card lottery; health care subsidies set to expire
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonPresident Donald Trump suspended the green card lottery program Dec. 18 after the deceased suspect in the shootings of Brown University students and a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor was …
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Agreement reached to protect confession in Wash. mandatory reporter law
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWashington state officials and Catholic bishops reached an agreement Oct. 10 in federal court to protect confession in the state’s mandatory reporter law.
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