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How a Supreme Court Case Involving Herring Fishermen Affects the Little Sisters of the Poor

How a Supreme Court Case Involving Herring Fishermen Affects the Little Sisters of the Poor

A Supreme Court case being argued this week could have significant implications for a decade-long religious liberty battle fought by the Little Sisters of the Poor. The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments this week in Loper Bright Enterprises, Inc. v. Gina Raimondo, a case challenging
The Trials of Päivi Räsänen

The Trials of Päivi Räsänen

"Blessed is the man who perseveres in the trial,” declares the Epistle of James. Finnish Member of Parliament Päivi Räsänen should count herself doubly blessed this week. She has now persevered through two trials over more than four years of legal troubles brought on merely
China’s new ‘Patriotic Education Law’ places further limits on religious instruction

China’s new ‘Patriotic Education Law’ places further limits on religious instruction

China passed a “Patriotic Education Law,” further consolidating the Chinese Communist Party’s control over education, including religious education, state-controlled media outlet Xinhua announced last month. The new law, which was passed during a session of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee, would require churches and religious groups
Religious Freedom Commission Laments Israel-Hamas War at Anniversary Gathering

Religious Freedom Commission Laments Israel-Hamas War at Anniversary Gathering

Religious freedom advocates lamented the loss of civilian lives in the Israel-Hamas war, antisemitism, and Islamophobia on the 25th anniversary of the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA). The bipartisan and multifaith US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), created by passage of the act in