DOJ to Investigate City Council’s Rejection of Proposed Mosque Development
The U S Department of Justice is investigating an Oklahoma city s denial of a rezoning request that would have allowed construction of a mosque
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DOJ reaches $88M settlement with survivors, families of 9 killed in mass shooting at Emanuel AME Church
The U.S. Justice Department has said it will settle the lawsuits arising out of the June 2015 mass shooting at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, which left nine churchgoers dead, by paying $88 million to the families of those killed as well as to the survivors.
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The strange tale of 5,000 relics finding a home in a Pittsburgh chapel
Nestled in a sleepy neighborhood in the hills rising over Pittsburgh lies a small chapel. Inside St. Anthony’s Chapel lies a piece from the Crown of Thorns, a tooth of St. Anthony of Padua, and more than 5,000 other verified relics, or remains, of saints from around the world.
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Portland first in nation to offer bereavement leave for employees who get an abortion
Pro-choice activists are celebrating an amendment to Portland’s bereavement leave policy that has made it the first local government in the United States to give paid time off to public employees after an abortion. One pro-life group is calling it an unwitting acknowledgment of the loss of life.
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The Hero Art Project connects artists with families of healthcare workers lost to COVID-19
Daisy Doronilla worked as a nurse at Hudson County Correctional Center for 21 years before she died of COVID-19 on April 5, 2020—the same day she was supposed to be in Israel touring the Holy Land with her church group, the Filipino Apostolate of the Holy Family. Doronilla is one of more than 100 healthcare workers honored in The Hero Art Project, a digital portrait art exhibit curated by family members with the help of ARTHOUSE.NYC.
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Catholic group decries Oklahoma execution, during which inmate vomited
A Catholic organization is calling on Oklahoma to stop executing prisoners following yet another botched execution Thursday afternoon.
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Supreme Court Declines to Block Maine Vaccine Mandate
The Supreme Court has rejected an emergency appeal from health care workers in Maine to block a vaccine mandate that went into effect Friday.
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‘Lives Are Going to Be Lost’: NY Firefighters Vax Mandate Deadline Arrives as Legal Challenges Persist
The clock is ticking for thousands of first responders in New York City, who have been mandated to either get a vaccine shot by 5:00 pm Eastern or risk losing their jobs.
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Florida Elementary School Takes Children on Field Trip to Gay Bar
The leaders of a public school in southeastern Florida took elementary-age children on a field trip to a gay bar.
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Twix, Hulu face backlash for pushing trans agenda on kids, promoting violence
A Twix-sponsored Halloween short on Hulu featuring a boy wearing a princess dress has drawn the ire of prominent conservatives who say the ad suggests that it's OK to commit violence against anyone who opposes the trans-agenda, even a child.
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Joe Biden says Pope Francis told him to ‘keep receiving Communion’
According to multiple reports, President Joe Biden on Friday said that Pope Francis told him to “keep receiving Communion.”
