Archive for August 24, 2023
Brazil’s Supreme Court rules anti-homosexual slurs are punishable by prison
With the decision, transphobia and homophobia will be punished with sentences of two to five years of imprisonment in addition... Read more
Judge pauses religious freedom training order for Southwest Airlines
Judge Brantley Starr delayed the enforcement of his order, which would have required Southwest lawyers to take an eight-hour religious... Read more
Seminarian in Nigeria narrowly escapes shooting by Islamist Fulani attackers
David Igba was traveling with two others when their car was sprayed with bullets by a group of gun-wielding Fulani... Read more
Names of Baltimore clergy in sexual abuse report can be revealed, judge rules
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown will be releasing all but three of the redacted names following last week’s Circuit Court... Read more
Parishioners begin to repair church riddled with bullets in Mexico
Fighting between organized crime members in June caused serious damage to both outside and inside the village church in Santa... Read more
India’s bishops elated after successful moon landing
Catholic bishops in India lauded the touchdown of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, marking mankind’s first successful mission to the moon’s south... Read more
Nicaragua dictatorship revokes legal status of the Jesuits, confiscates all their assets
The move by the dictatorship takes place amid a growing wave of harassment against the religious order. Read more
Hundreds of Pakistan Catholics celebrate Mass outside burned church days after mob attacks
Despite the incredible devastation and widespread fears that another anti-Christian riot would break out, hundreds of Catholics turned to the... Read more
Catholic parish challenges Michigan law that would control who it hires
The parish sued the state over fears that a state law was being reinterpreted to force them to hire employees... Read more
