By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 1, 2024 / 10:00 am A Christian employee has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Fire Department in which he alleges he was subjected to “retaliation” and “religious discrimination” for refusing to raise a well-known Pride-theme flag while he was working. A veteran county …

by CNA Staff CNA Newsroom, May 12, 2024 / 13:10 pm Quick action by alert parishioners and local police are credited with averting a tragedy at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church in Abbeville, Louisiana, yesterday. As 60 children were preparing for their first Communion, the parish located south of Lafayette, …

By Martin Barillas Ann Arbor, Michigan, Mar 6, 2024 / 08:00 am In a message to parishioners, Father Ed Cimbala, pastor of St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Parish in New York City, revealed that overnight on March 3 intruders entered his rectory and office, wrecking both while he was sleeping in an attack that …

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 2, 2024 / 15:00 pm More than a dozen senators are demanding that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) come clean about its efforts to surveil traditionalist Catholics, with the lawmakers accusing the agency of deleting records, withholding details, and giving misleading information about …

By Joe Bukuras, Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 23, 2024 / 19:25 pm One year after the FBI’s Richmond office sent out a memorandum outlining an investigation into traditionalist Catholics, a Latin Mass was held in the U.S. Capitol with the support of House Speaker Mike Johnson and two other Republican …

By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Nov 2, 2023 / 17:48 pm The U.S. state with the greatest number of religious freedom safeguards is Illinois, while the state with the fewest safeguards is West Virginia, according to a new analysis. First Liberty Institute, a Texas Christian nonprofit legal organization specializing in religious …

By Joe Bukuras CNA Staff, Nov 1, 2023 / 18:10 pm The U.S. Catholic bishops told the Biden administration last week that its newly proposed guidance on sex-based harassment in the workplace is unconstitutional because it bans speech opposing abortion and expressing certain views on contraception, same-sex relationships, and gender identity. …

By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Oct 6, 2023 / 17:10 pm A group of congressional representatives this week urged the Biden Department of Justice to refrain from deporting a German family who emigrated to the U.S. more than a decade ago seeking asylum in order to home-school their children. In the letter, addressed …

By Daniel Payne Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 26, 2023 / 15:20 pm A German family that has lived in the United States for more than a decade after leaving their home country in order to legally home-school their children faces possible deportation next month, their supporters said. The Romeikes — father …

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 27, 2023 / 12:00 pm California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation that would reduce funding to schools that restrict LGBT content from their classrooms. The bill would centralize state authority over school curricula by fining schools that restrict books that cover homosexuality …