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Oregon counselor sues after being fined $90,000 for not affirming client’s same-sex relationship

“The government can’t target counselors for their views and can’t force people to say things that go against their core convictions,” ADF attorney Jonathan Scruggs said.

Spanish bishops: ‘We cannot simply stand by and watch the ship sink’

In Spain, only about 8 million of the country’s 45 million inhabitants attend Mass regularly on Sundays.

Bransfield, ex-Wheeling-Charleston bishop accused of misconduct, dies at 82

An archdiocesan investigation in 2018 claimed Bishop Michael Bransfield engaged in multiple instances of sexual harassment and financial malfeasance of diocesan funds.

New release seeks to revive St. Bartolo Longo’s ‘Fifteen Saturdays’ devotion

Ahead of the pope's May 8 visit to Pompeii, Italy, the hometown of the saint who promoted the "Fifteen Saturdays" devotion, a new book seeks to reintroduce people to this "forgotten Marian devotion."

U.S. bishops recount year since Pope Leo XIV’s election

“I really had to do a double take, because conventional wisdom has been that there will never be a pope from the United States,” said Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski of St. Louis.

‘Families fight, but family is forever’: Pope Leo’s brother says the brothers limit political talk

Pope Leo's older brother John Prevost said he and his brothers limit political topics when they speak each week, but there is that "brother connection."

India’s religious liberty on ‘downward trajectory,’ commission says

“Religious freedom in India is abysmal," U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Vice Chair Asif Mahmood said at a hearing on Capitol Hill.

Commission sees opportunities to expand targeted sanctions on religious liberty offenders

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom recommended targeted sanctions against the Taliban, Iraqi militias, and government officials in Nicaragua, Nigeria, China, and Russia.

Bethsaida excavation turning ‘Bible stories into Bible realities’

Recent excavations at the site match the account of an eighth-century Bavarian bishop who wrote about a church in Bethsaida that was built over the home of Sts. Peter and Andrew.

Lithuanian families rally to save pro-life maternity home blessed by John Paul II

Lithuania's only consistently pro-life maternity home — once blessed by St. John Paul II — faces closure under a government merger plan opposed by more than 12,000 petitioners.