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Religious Freedom

New Ohio law requires public schools to ‘reasonably’ accommodate students’ religious beliefs

August 1, 2024
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, Schools, World News

Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine July 24 signed the Religious Expression Days Act into law, which requires every public school to adopt a policy that “reasonably accommodates” the sincerely held religious beliefs and practices of students.

Mexican government asks priests to take civics course

July 10, 2024
By David Agren
OSV News
Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News

Mexico’s Interior Ministry has requested the participation of priests in courses promoting “civic values” in the aftermath of the ruling Morena party’s massive electoral victory and disquiet from the country’s episcopal conference over social peace in the deeply divided country.

Eastern church leaders describe heroic witness on front lines in conflict-ridden regions

July 9, 2024
By Laura Ieraci
OSV News
Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Religious Freedom, War in Ukraine, World News

The heroic work and witness of the Eastern churches in some of the world’s most conflict-ridden regions was highlighted at the annual Catholic Media Conference held in Atlanta in June.

‘Not a single Catholic priest’ left in Russian-occupied Ukraine, reveals major archbishop

July 9, 2024
By Gina Christian
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, War in Ukraine, World News

Russian forces have driven out all Greek and Roman Catholic clergy from the occupied areas of Ukraine, said the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.

Ten years after Islamic State group’s invasion, church is ‘still alive’ in Iraq, say archbishops

July 6, 2024
By Gina Christian
OSV News
Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News

Ten years after Islamic militants swept over northern Iraq’s Nineveh Plains, the Christian community there is “still alive,” and working to both rebuild and evangelize, two Eastern Catholic archbishops said.

Judge says effort to shut down Catholic ministry to migrants violates Texas’ religious freedom act

July 2, 2024
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Religious Freedom, World News

A state judge July 2 denied Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s effort to shut down Annunciation House in El Paso, Texas, a Catholic nonprofit serving migrants.

Louisiana public schools must post Ten Commandments, other historical documents

June 20, 2024
By Gina Christian
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News

Public school classrooms in Louisiana will now be required to display the Ten Commandments by the start of 2025 as part of a new educational reform law signed by Gov. Jeff Landry.

Court temporarily blocks enforcement of EEOC abortion provision in challenge by USCCB, others

June 18, 2024
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Respect Life, World News

A federal court in Louisiana has issued a temporary injunction blocking a federal agency from enforcing an abortion provision in regulations meant to add workplace protections for pregnant workers.

Annunciation House lawyer says Texas’ lawsuit attacks Catholic religious liberty

June 18, 2024
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Religious Freedom, World News

A lawyer representing Annunciation House in El Paso, Texas, a Catholic nonprofit serving migrants, told reporters shortly after a June 17 hearing in the case that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s attempt to shut down that ministry is an “attack on religious liberty.”

U.S. Catholics urged to promote ‘essential right’ of religious freedom through prayer, action

June 17, 2024
By OSV News
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News

“Called to the Fullness of Dignity” is the theme of this year’s Religious Freedom Week of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

British Christians face rising levels of harassment, discrimination, survey says

June 14, 2024
By Simon Caldwell
OSV News
Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News

A new report claims that all British Christians are suffering rising levels of harassment and discrimination because of their faith, with the young particularly susceptible to intolerance.

Catholic parishes challenge Michigan civil rights law on sexual orientation, gender identity

June 13, 2024
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit June 11 heard legal challenges filed by two Catholic parishes in Michigan against the state’s definition of sexual orientation that they say prohibits them from freely hiring employees according to the tenets of their faith.

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