Russell Shaw, in his latest Matters of Opinion column, reviews the complications involved in the U.S. Supreme Court’s debate to decide to review the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a case that prohibits abortion ...
Throughout his campaign and even since his inauguration, President Joe Biden has spoken of his desire to codify Roe v. Wade into federal law. In a new essay for Our Sunday Visitor, Russell Shaw writes ...
Two California Catholic bishops applauded the Supreme Court's Feb. 5 ruling easing the state's restrictions on indoor worship put in place with the COVID-19 pandemic.
"This is a very significant step forward for basic rights. This ...
The Supreme Court Jan. 12 reinstated a federal requirement that women who are seeking abortion-inducing drugs must do so in person, not by mail, as a federal judge had allowed last year due to the ...
After a flurry of court decisions, the Supreme Court reversed a pair of rulings from federal appeals courts that had put death-row inmate Lisa Montgomery's execution on hold, and it denied two other last-minute requests ...
Lower numbers and higher expectations — that, briefly stated, is the story of the March for Life in 2021, writes Russell Shaw in his latest column. For many years the pro-life march has drawn tens ...
The Supreme Court Dec. 3 said federal judges should take another look at pandemic limits on California churches in light of the high court's recent decision to lift similar restrictions on congregations in New York.
For ...
In a 5-4 decision issued just before midnight Nov. 25, the Supreme Court lifted the pandemic restrictions on congregation sizes at houses of worship imposed by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
The Diocese of Brooklyn, New ...
Religious liberty "is fast becoming a disfavored right" in certain quarters in this country, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said in a keynote speech to the Federalist Society late Nov. 12.
"It pains me to say ...
In a much-anticipated case on religious freedom, the Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in the case Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, in which Catholic Social Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia has stated ...