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The U.S. Supreme Court said June 26 it will hear arguments next term on whether a Denver baker unlawfully discriminated against a same-sex couple in declining to make them a wedding cake
In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court June 26 said a Lutheran preschool should not be excluded from a state grant program to refurbish its playground surface just because it is a religious entity.
They walked into Queen of Apostles Church in Alexandria wearing colorful saris and magojas — the long and colorful clothing worn in India and Korea — as well as other outfits indigenous to their countries of origin or of their ancestors.
The chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Migration said the country's Catholic bishops are "deeply concerned" about the consequences of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to allow a partial ban on foreign nationals as it reviews the constitutionality of a wider ban.
Like St. Elizabeth of Hungary, her great-aunt, Elizabeth of Portugal, married young. At age 12 she became the bride of Portugal’s 20-year-old king, Dinis. Today such a match is shocking, but child brides were commonplace in the Middle Ages. Among royal families every marriage was a political alliance, and the sooner the alliance was sealed at the altar, the better.
Bringing the Gospel to the world isn't a walk in the park; it will lead to ridicule and contempt, even persecution, Pope Francis said.
Taken simply as an ingenuous expression of patriotism, there’s no real objection to America First. Charity at the global level truly must begin at home, for unless it starts there — in love of one’s own country, that is — charity isn’t likely to thrive anywhere else.
Arlington Bishop Michael F. Burbidge (center, right) and Bishop Emeritus Paul S. Loverde (center, left) stand with priests of the Arlington Diocese celebrating jubilee anniversaries during an annual lunch and prayer service at the St. Thomas More Center in Arlington June 21.
Faith and films have been lifelong obsessions for director Martin Scorsese, obsessions that he said have given him moments of peace amid turmoil, but also challenges and frustrations that, in hindsight, he will accept as lessons in humility.
