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- Jul 9, 2020
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U.S. bishops welcome court decision on Catholic schools
- Jul 8, 2020
Two U.S. bishops said they welcomed the Supreme Court’s 7-2 ruling July 8 which said California Catholic schools could not be sued for job discrimination in firing teachers. The bishops said the decision “rightly acknowledged” the limit on state authority.
Court rules in favor of employer exemptions to contraceptive coverage
- Jul 8, 2020
In a 7-2 ruling July 8, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Trump administration rules that give employers more ability to opt out of providing contraceptive coverage in their health plans.
Pope: Migrants seeking new life end up instead in ‘hell’ of detention
- Jul 8, 2020
Decrying the unimaginable “hell” migrants experience in detention centers, Pope Francis urged all Christians to examine how they do or don’t help — as Jesus commanded — the people God has placed in their path.
Capital punishment, immigration issues compel Iowa bishops to speak up
- Jul 8, 2020
Iowa’s Catholic bishops are taking a prominent stand on three pressing federal issues, one involving the imminent execution of four federal death-row inmates, another on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, and the third on the asylum system.
Christian clergy: Israel’s West Bank plans could be ‘catastrophic’
- Jul 8, 2020
The threatened Israeli annexation of territory in the West Bank and the Jordan Valley could be “the final straw” for a viable Christian presence in Palestine, said a group of local Christian clergy.
Chinese politician known as strongman to implement Hong Kong security law
- Jul 8, 2020
A senior Chinese politician who crushed a mainland democracy movement has been appointed to oversee the implementation of the controversial national security law in Hong Kong
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