Several Catholic dioceses are hosting a webinar Monday night to better inform people about the consequences of the Equality Act, which they say would seriously hinder religious freedom. Titled “The ...

In March 1953, Jesuit Fr. John Courtney Murray published in the journal Theological Studies the first in a series of articles he planned on the development of doctrine regarding church and state ...

Religious freedom doesn’t make any list of top voting issues, but some observers say it is indirectly on the ballot in the November general elections. At stake is control of Congress, where Democrats ...

When the U.S. Congress passed the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act last fall to establish a toll-free number with assistance for those with mental health crises, the U.S. Conference of ...

WASHINGTON — Opponents of the Equality Act warned Wednesday at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that the legislation could have a far-reaching impact on religious organizations. The House passed ...

The Equality Act, the historic civil rights legislation that would finally grant LGBTQ people basic nondiscrimination protections in our federal laws, gets its first-ever U.S. Senate hearing today.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As three priests who minister to unique communities across the state of Iowa, we have watched with great hope as the global Roman ...

(RNS) — Listen to its opponents and you’d think the Equality Act, which the House of Representatives passed Feb. 25, is designed to destroy the free exercise of religion in America. “No person of ...

The issues raised by the Equality Act are serious and need open, honest debate. But the March 17 hearing on this bill in the Senate Judiciary Committee showed that serious legislative consideration is ...

Thomas Jipping is a senior legal fellow in the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation. Sarah Parshall Perry / @SarahPPerry Sarah Parshall Perry is a senior ...