The Supreme Court announced Jan. 14 that it would hear an appeal from a former high school football coach in Washington state who says his rights to freedom of speech and religion were violated when he was fired in 2015 for praying on the football field after team games.
Appeals court sends challenge to Texas abortion law to state Supreme Court
A federal appeals court sent a challenge to the Texas abortion law back to the state’s Supreme Court Jan. 17.
Court blocks vaccine mandate for businesses, allows it for health workers
The Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision Jan. 13 blocked a rule by the Biden administration that would have required employees at large businesses to show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination or wear masks and get tested each week for the coronavirus.
Supreme Court sends Texas abortion case to federal appeals court
Less than a week after the Supreme Court ruled that the Texas abortion law could stay in place, the court sent back a lawsuit against the state’s abortion law to a federal appeals court, not to the District Court judge who had tried to block the law.
Court denies religious exemption on vaccine for N.Y. health care workers
The Supreme Court turned down emergency requests Dec. 13 from New York health care workers seeking a religious exemption from the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for its health care employees.
Justices seem willing to allow Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban
In the Supreme Court’s first major abortion case in decades – which looked at Mississippi’s ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy – the majority of justices Dec. 1 seemed willing to let that ban stay in place.
All eyes are on Supreme Court for its biggest abortion case in decades
When the Supreme Court hears oral arguments Dec. 1 for the biggest abortion case in decades, all eyes — and ears — will be on the court.
Catholic leaders applaud decision to commute Julius Jones’ death sentence
Catholic opponents of the death penalty, including Oklahoma City’s archbishop, praised the Nov. 18 announcement that the Oklahoma governor granted death-row inmate Julius Jones clemency — just hours before he was scheduled to be executed.
U.S. bishops approve Communion statement that aims to ‘retrieve and revive’ understanding
The U.S. bishops approved their statement on the Eucharist with 222 “yes” votes Nov. 17, the second of two days of public sessions during their Nov. 15-18 fall general assembly.
Nuncio insta a obispos escuchar atentamente a la iglesia
El arzobispo Christophe Pierre, nuncio apostólico en Estados Unidos, habló con los obispos estadounidenses el 16 de noviembre sobre la importancia de escuchar a las personas en la iglesia y estar abiertos a la obra del Espíritu Santo.
Papal nuncio urges U.S. bishops to closely listen to the church
Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the apostolic nuncio to the United States, spoke to the U.S. bishops Nov. 16 about the importance of listening to people in the church and being open to the work of the Holy Spirit.
Bishops’ focus on Communion crisis highlights bigger issue, theologians say
When the U.S. bishops highlighted Communion in their spring meeting, announcing their plans for both a document on the Eucharist and a three-year eucharistic revival, they emphasized that they were responding to a lack of understanding among many Catholics about something that is central to the faith.