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FaithFaith and Reason
Nathaniel Romano, S.J.
The ministerial exception gives Catholics the freedom to self-govern—not an excuse for discrimination
Politics & SocietyNews
Carol Zimmermann - Catholic News Service
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court upheld Nevada's limits on congregation sizes, denying a request by a Nevada church for permission to have larger gatherings that are currently permitted in the state's casinos, restaurants and other businesses.
Politics & SocietyEditorials
The Editors
The court is functioning less as a judicial body than as a relief valve for legislative dysfunction and executive overreach.
07.08.2020 In this 2016 file photo, Sister Loraine Marie Maguire, mother provincial of the Denver-based Little Sisters of the Poor, speaks to the media outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. (CNS photo/Joshua Roberts, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyNews Analysis
Ellen K. Boegel
Justice Clarence Thomas’s majority opinion is a decisive win for religious rights advocates, but it may not be the last chapter in this story.
FaithNews Analysis
Michael J. O’Loughlin
It is up to individual Catholics to make the case to church leaders.
Politics & SocietyEditorials
Matt Malone, S.J.
The editors of America have weighed in on these cases in previous editorials, which offer some helpful perspective.