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In All Things
Advocates for religious freedom won a major victory in the Supreme Court of the United States on June 30 Justice Samuel Alito rsquo s opinion for the court in nbsp Burwell v Hobby Lobby Stores nbsp holds that the nbsp Religious Freedom Restoration Act nbsp RFRA requires the federal government to
In All Things
I asked the middle-aged man across from me ldquo Who was the last good American president rdquo It was the year 2000 As a 19-year old college journalist studying history and political science I was eager to know my drinking partner rsquo s response to this question He had just finished railing
In All Things
The Supreme Court ruled nbsp 5-4 on June 30 in favor of Hobby Lobby Stores and Conestoga Wood Specialties the companies seeking an exception under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act R F R A from the Obama Administration rsquo s contraception-coverage mandate Justice Kennedy the key fifth
In All Things
One hundred years ago this summer a disgruntled teenager decided to take matters into his own hands and exact revenge for what he felt were numerous injustices perpetrated against him his family his culture and his people by others who were not his own He had plotted for weeks with the assistan
In All Things
With the Hobby Lobby case over U S Catholic bishops are now holding their breaths to see if the ruling will prove a hollow victory or extend to lawsuits brought by religious non-profits Archbishop Joseph F Naumann of Kansas City Kan a member of the U S bishops Secretariat for Pro-Life Ac
In All Things
We live in a fallen world Sometimes we Catholics trust our politicians to fix the miseries that surround us but we end up bitter and angry when they let us down Even in the United States where we celebrate the ideals of our political system on July 4 there are chinks in the armor of our m