A state appeals court tossed on procedural grounds a case involving charges of child rape and human trafficking against the leader of a Mexican megachurch who lived in Southern California.
Read moreCardinal George Pell welcomed Australia’s highest court clearing him of child sex crimes Tuesday and said his trial had not been a referendum on the Catholic Church’s handling of the clergy abuse crisis.
Read moreA Native American sued Lincare Holdings in Pinellas County Court, Fla., claiming it accused her of being a witch because she burned sage in the office, and then fired her.
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For years, Catholic-led, U-S.-based nonprofits have been at the forefront of efforts to support asylum-seekers along the Mexican border. Tough new border policies, coupled with the Covid-19 pandemic, have drastically changed their work, much of which now must take place in Mexico.
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Ceri Weber had just begun to defend her dissertation when the chaos began: Echoes and voices interrupted her. Someone parroted her words. Then Britney Spears music came on, and someone told Weber to shut up. Someone threatened to rape her.
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BOSTON (CN) — “Non,” the First Circuit told a French woman who wants to strike the phrase “so help me
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The Supreme Court on Monday said no thanks to taking up a debate over the right of the Catholic church to post religious advertisements on the side of Washington buses, but Justice Neil Gorsuch warned the local transit agency to tread carefully on the First Amendment.
Read moreThe Fifth Circuit sided late Friday with an atheist group that sued Texas after the state removed its nativity scene promoting the separation of church and state.
Read moreCalling himself “a man of the cloth,” Christian minister Larry Leonard and his wife Shuwana, both 45, of Houston, defrauded investors of nearly $500,000 by selling them “worthless stock certificates” in their company Teshuater LLC, the SEC says in federal court.
Read moreA federal court in Massachusetts granted default judgment to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in a suit against Aviation Port Services, which fired six Muslim women after denying them a religious accommodation to its uniform policy. The women, who worked at Boston’s Logan Airport, were not permitted to wear long skirts and were fired for refusing to wear knee-length skirts or pants.
Read moreThe SEC on Wednesday said it obtained final judgment of $3.4 million against Christian concert promoter Jeffrey E. Wall, of Freeport, Maine, and his business, The Lighthouse Events.
Read moreA court cannot decide the validity of a religion’s beliefs, a federal judge said Tuesday in dismissing a lawsuit against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from a disenchanted former church member.
Read moreHundreds of worshippers attended services at a Louisiana church on Sunday, flouting a ban on large gatherings, angering neighbors and seemingly turning a deaf ear to their governor, who once again warned that hospitals could soon be overwhelmed with new cases of the coronavirus.
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The gloom over Italy darkened Friday as the country reported nearly 1,000 new deaths, its worst single-day toll in an accelerating coronavirus pandemic that has brought the world to a standstill.
Read morePlanned Parenthood and several other abortion providers sued Texas’ Republican leaders in federal court Wednesday, challenging an executive order that temporarily halts all non-essential surgeries due to fears it may be used to block non-surgical abortions as the state seeks to conserve medical supplies and clear hospital beds to handle the COVID-19 pandemic.
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White evangelical Christians widely support President Donald Trump but a new Pew Research Center poll suggests that support may be nuanced, with some members of the group expressing mixed feelings about his personal conduct.
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A Utah labor contractor with ties to a Mormon sect took its challenge of $1.1 million in back wages owed to child laborers as calculated by the U.S. Department of Labor to the 10th Circuit on Wednesday.
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One week after confirming New York’s first positive case of coronavirus, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a 1-mile “containment area” Tuesday for the downstate suburb where COVID-19 cases are surging.
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Drink a Corona beer to fortify your prayers or get ready for the arrival of the messiah: rabbis in Israel have offered an array of guidance on responding to coronavirus.
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