Nuns Back In Court To Defend Contraceptive Mandate Exemption

The Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home was back in court defending its federally approved exemption to the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate in a case dating to 2013 and involving three Supreme Court victories. The ministry in Pittsburgh last won its case before the U.S. Supreme Court in July 2020, when the justices said the Department of Health and Human Services acted lawfully when it granted exemptions to the contraceptive mandate to employers with religious and conscientious objections.

Beijing Pastor Ezra Jin Released After Diplomatic Talks

Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri, founder of Beijing-based Zion Church, one of China’s largest and most influential unregistered Protestant congregations, has been released after nine months in detention following high-level diplomatic engagement between the United States and China. Jin arrived safely in Los Angeles in the early hours of July 4.

A Doctor Allegedly Killed Patients: Why Justice Still Eludes Victims’ Families

Many in the African nation of Zimbabwe are continuing to seek justice for their friends killed by Michael Swango, an American serial killer doctor now serving three life terms in a U.S. federal prison for similar crimes he committed on U.S. soil. Despite being imprisoned, families say he’s never been punished for poisonings committed in Zimbabwe during the 1990s.

Houston Christian University President Robert Sloan Jr. Dies At 77

Robert Sloan, Jr., president of Houston Christian University, died on the morning of July 4. He was 77.

Polygamy Debate Reignited In Kenya After Viral Widow’s Confession

Akinyi Kaula postponed the “American Dream,” dropped out of her nursing degree studies and flew back to her homeland of Kenya — only to end up in a polygamous marriage. Now, her story is igniting online debate in Africa. The debate over polygamy, Christianity and Western values continues as many men ponder whether to wed multiple wives.

UMC Cuts Ties With Asbury Following Continued ‘Progressive’ Drift

Proponents of historic Christian orthodoxy are no longer welcome in the purportedly big tent of the United Methodist Church. That is the message sent by the removal of Asbury Theological Seminary from the UMC’s list of schools approved to train United Methodist clergy, observers of Methodism say.

Vatican Excommunicates Breakaway Traditionalist Bishops, Declares Schism

(ANALYSIS) Pope Leo has reaffirmed that disputes over doctrine and worship within Catholicism ultimately converge on a single question: Whether authority rests with individual movements claiming to preserve tradition or with the pope as the center of ecclesial unity.

The Founders’ Revolutionary Choice: Separating Religion And Government

(ANALYSIS) Did the founders of the United States intend to create a Christian nation? Political leaders who addressed a prayer rally on the National Mall on May 17 seem to think so: House Speaker Mike Johnson led the crowd in rededicating) the United States of America as “one nation under God.”

Camp Mystic Files For Bankruptcy After Report Finds Deaths Were Avoidable

On June 18, the Texas Legislature released a 115-page investigative report, based on 140 interviews. The losses at the camp, it says, were avoidable. Days later, Camp Mystic filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy, court records show. Unlike a chapter 7 bankruptcy, which liquidates a business, a chapter 11 filing means that the business pays a portion of its debts and keeps operating.

Religious Liberty Commission Issues First Draft Report: Here’s What They Found

The Justice Department has released the first draft of a report on religious liberty following a yearlong study ordered by President Donald Trump. The wide-ranging report deals with areas such as public school, the military, and how faith-based organizations should interact with federal grants.

Native Peoples, Christianity And Empire In Colonial America

As colonists and Native nations navigated war, alliances, disease, displacement and competing claims to land, Christian missions became intertwined with politics and survival. Some Indigenous people rejected Christianity, others adapted it to their own traditions, revealing a complex history shaped by both faith and colonial expansion in early America.

Why A Supreme Court Case Over A Haircut Could Be A Setback For Religious Liberty

(ANALYSIS) For more than two decades, the Supreme Court has issued a series of wins for plaintiffs seeking to protect their religious practices. On June 23, though, the majority delivered a defeat in this contentious area. Landor v. Louisiana Department of Public Education and Safety, a 6-3 judgment, rejected the claim of Damon Landor, a Rastafarian whose hair was forcibly shaved in prison.

Gateway Church Wins Tithing Lawsuit Dismissal As Judge Cites First Amendment

A federal judge dismissed a class-action lawsuit accusing Texas megachurch Gateway Church and former senior pastor Robert Morris of misrepresenting tithing expenditures, marking a significant legal victory for the scandal-plagued congregation.

Gen Z Protestant Churchgoers Attend More But Often Lag In Application

The faith of Generation Z frequently draws them to church on Sunday but often fails to shape their lives during the week.

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Spain’s Historic Church Sex Abuse Compensation Marks First Step Toward Reparation

After decades of silence, Spain and the Catholic Church have agreed on a compensation deal for victims of clergy sexual abuse. For survivors, it is a long-awaited recognition—but also a reminder that justice remains incomplete.

Prayer Never Disappeared From Public Schools — But New Laws Could Change Role

(ANALYSIS) For decades after Supreme Court rulings barred school-sponsored prayer and Bible reading, faith remained present in public schools through student-led religious expression and community culture. Now, a series of new state laws mandating displays like the Ten Commandments are testing long-standing church-state boundaries and reigniting debate.

Bonfires And A Saint’s Day: How Europe Celebrates The Year’s Longest 24 Hours

(ANALYSIS) Whether cities or villages, many communities across Europe spend the day and night of June 24 celebrating Midsummer. Congregating around bonfires, or sometimes maypoles, sporting handwoven wreaths of wildflowers or oak leaves, they’ll sing, jump, dance, eat, drink, catch up and celebrate the arrival of the longest day of the year.

These Religious Dating Apps Are Helping Singles Find Love

Finding a lifelong partner is no easy feat — but finding someone who shares the same morals and values is all the more challenging. A series of dating apps across several religions are combining tradition and technology to match singles with a desire for marriage built on a shared faith foundation.

Why Indian Americans Are Liberal In the US (And Conservative In India)

(ANALYSIS) One lesson from the study is that people may apply political principles differently depending on where they see their own group in a conflict. Indian American politics therefore cannot be understood only through U.S. party identity. A person may support the Democrats in the United States and Modi in India because the two political settings place that person’s group in different positions.

9 Church Members Released As China Pursues New Charges Against Leaders

Nine members of Beijing’s Zion Church have been released on bail after more than eight months in detention, while nine remaining church leaders now face more serious criminal charges in one of China’s most closely watched religious freedom cases.

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