News

The justices have allowed vouchers for religious schools and required equal treatment in tuition programs. But direct government payments to religious public schools pose a new test. By Adam ...
WASHINGTON − The Supreme Court on Wednesday will consider whether the Catholic Church in Oklahoma can run the nation’s first religious charter school, a potentially major expansion of the use ...
The proposal was the most audacious Robert Franklin had seen during his four decades in education: The Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City wanted to create the nation’s first religious ...
Photo: Michal Kamaryt/CTK via ZUMA Press/Ben Margot/AP The Supreme Court will consider next Wednesday whether the First Amendment requires states to permit religious charter schools. The case ...
The death of Pope Francis last Monday has prompted believers, agnostics and atheists alike to reflect on the role of religion in daily life. Religiosity in the Western world has been waning for ...
Texas lawmakers are debating a bill this session to strengthen parents’ rights to choose religious education for their children during school hours. Senate Bill 1049, which advanced this week ...
Deborah Green, who with her husband James led the Aggressive Christian Missionary Training Corps, was sentenced in 2018 to 18 years in prison under terms of a plea agreement for abuse of a 12-year ...
This action follows a demolition drive targeting illegal industrial units. Trust members claim the religious sites have existed for decades without prior notices, vowing to resist the demolitions.
QUEBEC - Quebec’s minister responsible for secularism says the government isn’t ruling out expanding its religious symbols ban to include daycare employees. Jean-François Roberge says ...
Starting in the 1960s, the Supreme Court issued a series of rulings that claimed to require state neutrality toward religion but, in practice, allowed discrimination against faith-based institutions.
Religious communities around the world joined Catholics mourning the death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday. Francis' election as the spiritual leader of the nearly 1.4 billion baptized Catholics ...
The Government should consider seizing the assets of religious orders if they refuse to contribute to the mother and baby institution redress scheme, some survivors have said. On Wednesday ...