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A Priest-Educator’s Response to Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard

By Brandt Montgomery The United States Supreme Court recently released a landmark decision concerning affirmative action in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and...

Choosing Life Together, after Dobbs

By Jordan Hylden  I came that they might have life, and have it more abundantly. — John 10:10 The late Bishop Thomas Shaw, formerly Bishop of...

Quebec Church Leaders Criticize Gathering Rules

Quebec religious leaders, including Bishop Bruce Myers criticize new coronavirus rules as discriminatory and call the province's leaders to collaborative engagement respects the important role of worship in public life.

Will the Supreme Court Grant Religious Schools Carte Blanche to Ignore Anti-Discrimination Laws in Hiring and Firing?

(This article was published hours before the Supreme Court sided with the schools. The decision is described in an addendum at the end of...

‘Living on the Edge of a Knife’

Bishop Waldo: “We must find ways to be open and honest with one another. We must listen before we judge.”

Catholics and prayer in public schools

The conjunction of two recent articles on American Catholic history, specifically the history of prayer in schools, provides a timely warning for church involvement in politics.

Originalist and Episcopalian

President Trump nominates Judge Neil M. Gorsuch of Colorado for the Supreme Court.

Marriage redefined?

Yesterday, the bishops voted to implement in church canon law and in trial-run liturgies the situation that obtained in this country before last Friday. That is, there will be a majority of dioceses that perform same-sex marriages, and a minority that will not.

Dismay re: Hobby Lobby

The Rev. Barry W. Lynn: “This decision is a double-edged disaster.”

‘An Encouraging Decision’

A legal break for people who “seek to preserve religious liberties incompatible with expanding sexual mores.”

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