Veterans Face Off in Court Over Bible Display in V.A. Hospital

The case has drawn the attention of Vice President Mike Pence and V.A. Secretary Robert Wilkie

Yuichiro Kakutani
August 29, 2019 12:20 PM

An atheist group is petitioning to remove a prisoner of war's Bible from a New Hampshire Veterans Administration hospital in a lawsuit that has drawn the attention of top White House officials.

Foster Mothers Challenge Philadelphia’s ‘Discriminatory’ Adoption Agenda

Suit asks Supreme Court to end city reg targeting religious adoption, foster care agencies

Patrick Hauf
July 23, 2019 2:25 PM

Two Philadelphia foster mothers are asking the Supreme Court to defend religious adoption agencies from a city policy that would declare them discriminatory and shut them down.

Two Decades of China Persecuting Falun Gong

Practitioners are subject to forced labor, torture, and organ harvesting

Jeffrey Cimmino
July 21, 2019 5:00 AM

The State Department's second Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom held this past week coincided with the 20th anniversary of the beginning of the Chinese government's persecution of Falun Gong practitioners, and a report from the Falun Dafa Information Center outlines the depredations believers have suffered.

Pompeo and Brownback Address Religious Freedom Summit

'All people from every place on the globe must be permitted to practice their faith openly'

Jeffrey Cimmino
July 17, 2019 2:05 PM

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom Sam Brownback addressed the second-ever Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom on Tuesday.

Supremes OK Cross Memorial

7-2 ruling shoots down atheist attempt to tear down WWI memorial

Bill McMorris
June 20, 2019 12:45 PM

Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, said the suit should have been dismissed earlier given the lack of standing of the association and called on lower courts to dismiss "offended observer standing."

SCOTUS Punts on Gay Wedding Cake, Nun Cases

Charles Fain Lehman
June 17, 2019 3:45 PM

The United States Supreme Court on Monday avoided taking action on two potentially inflammatory cases that touched on issues of religious liberty.

Supreme Court Declines Challenge to ‘In God We Trust’ Motto

Jeffrey Cimmino
June 10, 2019 4:50 PM

The Supreme Court declined to take up a legal challenge to the inscription of "In God We Trust" on coins and currency.

Ohio City Backs Down After Catholic School Files Lawsuit Over Religious Rights

Jeffrey Cimmino
May 29, 2019 9:25 AM

The city of South Euclid, Ohio has backed down after a Catholic school filed a lawsuit challenging the city's anti-discrimination law on the grounds that it infringed on its religious freedom.

Pennsylvania School to Stop Saying ‘God Bless America’ After Reciting Pledge of Allegiance

Jeffrey Cimmino
May 10, 2019 8:00 AM

A Pennsylvania elementary school will no longer say "God Bless America" after reciting the Pledge of Allegiance following a legal complaint brought by a parent.

French Churches Under Attack, But Media and Politicians Remain Apathetic

Attacks on Christian sites in France increased about 250 percent between 2008 and 2018

Jeffrey Cimmino
May 9, 2019 4:20 PM

French churches are increasingly under threat from arson and desecration, but the government and press continue to provide little coverage of these attacks.