Bishop Rhoades noted that threats to houses of worship remain a significant cultural concern, as Catholic churches and organizations saw vandalism and other crimes in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision in 2022
BREAKING: The federal government has just agreed to repair a Native American sacred site it needlessly bulldozed during a highway project 15 years ago. The historic agreement comes as the tribal members' appeal was pending at the U.S. Supreme Court.
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In persecuting the Catholic Church and expelling the Society of Jesus, Daniel Ortega is carrying on this terrible legacy. But will it work?
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As today closes out Religious Freedom Week observed by the Bishops of the United States. A U.S. Supreme Court ruling, today, in the case of Groff v. DeJoy issues a response from the chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee for Religious Liberty.
Catholic hospitals and medical professionals face numerous challenges. Sign up to receive alerts of opportunities to let government agencies know the Church has a right to operate her institutions in accordance with the faith: https://t.co/cAUGwiLiHx #ReligiousFreedomWeek
#ReligiousFreedomWeek June 29: Catholic Healthcare | Pray that governments will respect the consciences of all individuals and institutions that care for the sick and vulnerable. #USCCB#ReligiousFreedom
Catholics in #Nicaragua are violently persecuted for their faith & those who remain fear for their lives.
Read as Nicaraguans in the Archdiocese of Newark speak out on the oppression in their home country.
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"Through her simple actions of reverencing the desecrated body of her Lord, her Lord made her a witness to religious freedom."
Sofia Cornicelli, winner of the @USCCB’s religious liberty essay contest, tell us about Little Li, who was shot and killed in China in the 1950s.
This is @USCCB's #ReligiousFreedomWeek, and June 23 highlights the Seal of the Confession. Priests promise to keep confessions secret no matter what.
Defending this promise has been a major focus of my work at @EPPCdc this year.
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#ReligiousFreedomWeek June 26: Religious Freedom in Nigeria | Pray that herders and farmers in Nigeria may find the means to compromise and work out their differences in a non-violent manner. #USCCB#ReligiousFreedom
#ReligiousFreedomWeek June 25: Religious Student Groups | Pray that religious student groups would be free to be faithful to their distinctive missions. #USCCB#ReligiousFreedom
Since 2018, when the Nicaraguan bishops supported civil society’s right to protest unpopular government policies, the Church in Nicaragua has been facing a systematic and persistent campaign of aggression from the government and pro-government operatives. #ReligiousFreedomWeek
As #ReligiousFreedom week begins, read Sofia Cornicelli's winning essay for the @USCCB’s religious liberty essay contest, as she shares the story of “Little Li,” a young girl in communist China who died honoring Jesus’ true presence in the Eucharist https://t.co/JtQtOA8bU3