Kudos to Texas Rep. James Frank for securing the right of faith-based entities to carry out their mission without undue encroachment by the government. Under his legislation, which passed the Texas House last month, these institutions can now proceed without fear of state pressure to compromise their doctrinal prerogatives. Faith-based social service institutions exist to serve [...]
Under the guise of "anti-discrimination," a pro-abortion California assemblywoman is pushing a bill that would bar faith-based codes of conduct for employees of religious organizations. AB 569 specifically targets codes of conduct involving employees' "reproductive health care decisions," such as abortion and contraception. It would actually prohibit Catholic organizations from demanding fidelity to Catholic teachings on [...]
The star witness in the Philadelphia D.A.'s ongoing witch-hunt against the Catholic Church has been totally discredited. The D.A.'s office had relied heavily on the incredulous claims of Danny Gallagher, a.k.a. "Billy Doe," to send three priests and a Catholic school teacher to prison. But retired Detective Joseph Walsh—the prosecution's own lead investigator into Gallagher's lurid [...]
