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The justices split 5-4 with new Justice Amy Coney Barrett in the majority.

High court blocks NY coronavirus limits on houses of worship

by: Paul O’Donnell (Jessica Gresko) WASHINGTON, Nov. 26, 2020 (AP) — As coronavirus cases surge again nationwide the Supreme Court late Wednesday barred New York from enforcing certain limits onRead More

Throngs of worshipers braved colder temperatures and drizzles of rain in the nation’s capital...

Sean Feucht’s ‘finale’ worship protest on the National Mall included more politics than usual

Sean Feucht
by: Jack Jenkins WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2020 (RNS) — Christian musician Sean Feucht held a politically charged concert in front of thousands on the National Mall Sunday night (Oct. 25),Read More

Barrett has ties to the Alliance Defending Freedom, an organization that fought against same-sex marriage for years...

How Amy Coney Barrett could change the Supreme Court’s balance on religious liberty

Amy Coney Barret at the White House
by: Jack Jenkins WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2020 (RNS) — Since the moment Judge Amy Coney Barrett was announced as President Donald Trump’s nominee to fill the Supreme Court seat leftRead More

Pastor Greg Laurie of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California, also in attendance at the Rose Garden ceremony, confirmed Monday (Oct. 5) that he tested positive for COVID-19.

Trump evangelical advisers exposed to COVID-19 flout CDC guidelines, preach in public

Trump & Amy Coney Barrett
by: Jack Jenkins WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, 2020 (RNS) — At least two faith leaders, including one of President Donald Trump’s unofficial evangelical advisers, have tested positive for COVID-19 after attendingRead More

For the historically minded, it is striking how much anti-Catholicism in American politics has changed since it arose in the 1840s.

Opinion: Playing the anti-Catholic card in the Barrett nomination

Amy Coney Barrett
by: Mark Silk Sept. 27, 2020 (RNS) — Before they were compelled to draw up a Bill of Rights, the guys inventing the U.S. government in Philadelphia in 1787 hadRead More

“There is no question that Judge Barrett is qualified by intellectual acumen and years of experience to serve on the highest court in the land,” said [Russell] Moore...

Southern Baptist leaders welcome Barrett nomination

Amy Coney Barrett
By: Tom Strode WASHINGTON (BP)—Southern Baptist leaders Russell Moore and Ronnie Floyd commended President Trump’s nomination Saturday (Sept. 26) of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court. As expected,Read More

“I love the United States and I love the United States Constitution,” Barrett said

Trump nominates conservative Catholic Amy Coney Barrett for Ginsburg’s seat

Judge Amy Coney Barrett
by: Jack Jenkins Sept. 25 (updated 9-26), 2020 (RNS) — President Trump has nominated Federal Appellate Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a conservative Catholic, to fill the U.S. Supreme Court seatRead More

Legal observers say there's a good chance that woman is Barrett, who in addition to serving as a circuit judge is also a professor at the University of Notre Dame.

Amy Coney Barrett, controversial Catholic, re-emerges as potential Supreme Court pick

by: Jack Jenkins WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 2020 (RNS) — Federal appellate Judge Amy Coney Barrett is emerging as a likely nominee to fill the U.S. Supreme Court seat left vacantRead More

That’s because the court found that any religious school teacher who performs a religious function is beyond the reach of civil rights protections accorded to other workers.

Teachers at religious schools fear Supreme Court took away their civil rights

by: Yonat Shimron July 22, 2020 (RNS) — As a religious studies teacher at Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, a Catholic High School in San Francisco, Ish Ruiz knows he’s probablyRead More

The idea is that the government should not impose on religious institutions in matters of faith and doctrine.

Supreme Court broadens scope of ministerial exception

by: Yonat Shimron July 8, 2020 (RNS) — The Supreme Court has ruled that religious school teachers who perform a religious role, even if they are not ordained, and evenRead More