Unemployment insurance seems unlikely territory for a disagreement over religious freedom. But a Wisconsin dispute before the U.S. Supreme Court could have far-reaching effects on how Catholic ...

WASHINGTON − The Supreme Court on Monday delved into how to define a religious act as it weighed whether charities run by religious groups have to pay unemployment taxes for their workers. “It’s kind ...

The ruling in the case involving a group of Catholic charities seeking tax exemptions in Wisconsin could have national ramifications. The Supreme Court appears likely to side with a group of Catholic ...

Accompaniment, rooted in modern Catholic social thought, calls for putting the needs of the most vulnerable first.

When I was first driving, my dad’s car would often slowly accelerate — something wrong with the throttle — and even when I let my foot off the gas would keep speeding up. Eventually I’d have to swerve ...

“There may be hard calls to make in policing that rule,” Sotomayor wrote. “But this is not one.” The decision marks another entry in the high court’s growing list of First Amendment victories for ...

The U.S. bishops' conference and the Catholic Legal Immigration Network filed one brief, while several U.S. women's religious ...

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 of ...

WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court’s review of a religious liberties case next week could mean another setback for Americans who find themselves out of work as fears of a recession rise. On Monday, ...

(The Conversation) — New research from sociologists finds that local Catholic leaders are more likely than many other Christian clergy to speak about immigration with their congregations. (The ...

Catholics continue to be the largest religious group in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru – despite declining as a share of these countries’ adult populations over the past decade.