The ruling sets up a potential clash at the U.S. Supreme Court over the issue in the future. Arkansas and Louisiana have passed similar laws, which have also been challenged in courts.
For the first time a transgender person is competing for the title of Miss USA. Kataluna Enriquez, 27, who is openly transgender, first made history after beating out 21 other candidates in Nevada to win the crown of Miss Nevada back in June. Enriquez will now represent the Silver State at the 2021 Miss USA pageant that will be held Monday, Nov. 29 in Tulsa, Okla., for a chance to be crowned Miss USA.
Advent is a time of preparation. We prepare our hearts for the coming of Christ, and welcome his presence into our lives.
A New York pastor has been accused of selling his church property to an inexperienced developer while wrongfully gaining $900,000 as part of the deal, according to a recently filed complaint.
The largest school district in the US has said it is reinstating two books to its high school libraries after a review into concerns raised by a mother that they contain "pornography" with graphic descriptions of sex acts between men and boys.
Phil Saviano, a clergy sex abuse survivor and whistleblower who played a pivotal role in exposing decades of predatory assaults by Catholic priests in the United States, has died. He was 69.
TIGERVILLE, S.C. (BP) – Wednesday (Dec. 1), the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health. Dobbs is the most important court case related to abortion in a generation.
NASHVILLE (BP) – The Southern Baptist Convention Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission is focusing on pro-life work as oral arguments are scheduled for Dec. 1 at the Supreme Court in the case of Dobbs vs. Mississippi. Leaders from the ERLC talked with Jonathan Howe, vice president for communications of the…
TULSA, Okla. (BP) – A former Southern Baptist pastor was indicted on a number of sexual abuse charges by a federal grand jury on Nov. 17.
Laypeople deserve to be heard and Pope Francis is inviting the church to hear their voices through the synodal process now underway, Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin said.
Parishioners in Kentucky have accused a Roman Catholic priest of converting church funds for his personal use.
