The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a statement in federal court supporting a Triangle megachurch’s fight to build a new campus in Chatham County. The statement rejects Chatham County’s claim ...

The U.S. Justice Department filed a statement of interest Friday in support of a church alleging violations of federal law by the Chatham County Board of Commissioners. The Civil Rights Division filed ...

Leaders of faith-based institutions are backing a bill that would give them a pass from local regulations that make it hard ...

VATICAN CITY — Few could have predicted that a comment Pope Francis made during a 2018 visit to Chile would blow up into the ...

Three new documents have been filed with the court in recent days regarding Apache Stronghold v. United States.

with the Planning Commission claiming that the church would “adversely affect the general plan of the city or any specific plan applicable to the area of the proposed use.” According to court ...

In church, a number of practices also change every Lenten season. Because this period in the liturgical calendar focuses on penance and reflection, elements of the mass like celebratory and ...

Catholic leaders are fighting that order in court, but they’ve determined they can ... His comment that government money never fully covered the cost of what the church was doing for refugees almost ...

A judge awarded the church $2.8 million in damages in 2023, condemning the Proud Boys’ “hateful and overtly racist conduct.” In February, after the Proud Boys didn’t pay, the court gave ...

Advertisement Article continues below this ad In February, after the Proud Boys didn’t pay, the court gave the church use of the group’s name and symbols — seen on its black-and-yellow gear ...

He has covered human rights and extremism extensively ... housing—do not include religious instruction or worship. If the court sides with Catholic Charities, it could open the door to broader ...