These are the latest news cases from the Supreme Court of the United States regarding pro-life and family issues, religious persecution, and other topics affecting the Catholic Church.
Hundreds of individuals and groups from a broad range of religious and political backgrounds have filed briefs supporting the owners... Read more
News that the U.S. Supreme Court has granted an exemption from the contraception mandate to the Little Sisters of the... Read more
The Supreme Court will rule this year on a case involving “buffer zones” outside abortion clinics, but it has declined... Read more
A case before the U.S. Supreme Court is considering the ability of a town in New York to open meetings... Read more
The 2013-2014 Supreme Court term, which began Oct. 7, will address several prominent issues in the public square, including freedom... Read more
U.S. Supreme Court justices and government officials at an annual Mass invoking the Holy Spirit's aid were reminded of the... Read more
Proposition 8 backers have filed a legal brief saying that the ballot measure defining marriage as a union of a... Read more
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decisions on gay marriage will make it harder for the Church to teach Americans about... Read more
As the Supreme Court handed down its historic rulings on “gay marriage,” an array of family advocates are warning that... Read more
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that a key part of the Defense of Marriage Act is... Read more
In a setback for state efforts to defund abortion providers, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear Indiana’s... Read more
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against an Arizona law banning abortions after 20 weeks, but backers... Read more
Plans for a national March for Marriage in downtown Washington, D.C., are generating excitement and enthusiastic support, according to organizers... Read more
In recent legal briefs filed with the Supreme Court, the U.S. bishops warned that a redefinition of marriage would create... Read more
Judge Robert H. Bork, a Catholic convert whose defeated Supreme Court nomination helped ensure the continued dominance of legal abortion... Read more
Supporters of marriage and family welcomed the Supreme Court’s announcement that it will review both state and federal cases about... Read more
The Supreme Court has ordered a federal court of appeals to consider a Christian college's claim that its religious freedom... Read more
Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio encouraged six Supreme Court justices to allow God to inspire their pursuit of justice and to... Read more
Most Americans have a respectful view of immigrants, and would support long-term measures to make legal residence possible, a Knights... Read more
The Supreme Court's decision on an Arizona immigration law drew both praise and concern from the bishops' leader on migration... Read more