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Senate Rejects Bill To
End Employer Conscience Protections
WASHINGTON, DC, July 16, 2014  -- The U.S. Senate on Wednesday rejected a bill that opponents warned would have stripped conscience protections for businesses, drawing a response of cautious relief.

Senate Bill Would
Strip Conscience Protections
Bishops Warn
WASHINGTON, DC, July 15, 2014 -- Leaders of the U.S. bishops have issued a strong rebuke of a Senate bill that would deny conscience rights to employers in the field of health coverage.

Husband of Condemned
Sudanese Woman
Reiterates Commitment
KHARTOUM, Sudan, May 31, 2014 -- The husband of Meriam Ibrahim, a Sudanese Christian woman sentenced to death for allegedly abandoning Islam, says his wife is standing by her faith despite possible execution.

Lawyer: Colo. Baker
Forced to Choose
Between Faith, Work
DENVER, CO., May 30, 2014 -- A commission’s ruling that Colorado baker Jack Phillips must bake same-sex “wedding” cakes forces him to choose between violating his conscience and supporting his family, the baker’s lawyer said.

Legal Groups Offer
Free Analysis in Wake of
Mozilla Head's Resignation
SCOTTSDALE, AZ, May 3, 2014 -- After the resignation of a Silicon Valley CEO following an uproar over his defense of marriage, two firms are providing free legal analysis to anyone suffering at work for opposing a redefinition of marriage.

Why Silencing Christians
Will Continue
WASHINGTON, DC, April 24, 2014 -- The number of subjects we cannot talk about in public discourse are rapidly multiplying. The older notion of “free speech” as a search for the truth through reasonable argument is being replaced. We no longer want to hear speech if it “offends” someone’s feelings or self-defined identity. We would rather “just get along” than to have to decide about the truth of any issue or confront the consequences of its violation.

Mozilla Head's Resignation
Over Marriage Stance
Sparks Outcry
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, April 4, 2014 -- Critics slammed Web browser Firefox's announcement that CEO Brendan Eich resigned in wake of controversy surrounding his support of traditional marriage, calling the move intolerant of free speech. 

Vatican: UN Oversteps Its
Boundaries in Report Conclusions
VATICAN, February 7, 2014 -- In a statement released by the Vatican, Fr. Federico Lombardi criticized the U.N. child protection committee for its tone and “lack of desire” to recognize the Holy See’s efforts in protecting children.

US Bishops' New Leaders Commit
to Protecting Human Dignity
BALTIMORE, November 13, 2013 -- The incoming leaders of the U.S. bishops’ conference voiced a commitment to reaching out in love to defend human life and dignity wherever it is threatened in the modern culture.

Priest Sues After
DOD Locks Down ‘Holy Eucharist’
Forbids Mass for 2nd Week
WASHINGTON, DC, October 15, 2013 (CNSNews.com) -- The Obama administration is continuing to prohibit approximately 50 Catholic priests from saying Mass and administering other sacraments at U.S. military facilities around the world, according to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services.

Vatican Analyst Warns of
Global 'War' Against Christians
DENVER, CO, October 6, 2013 -- In his new book “The Global War on Christians,” Vatican analyst John Allen, Jr. details anti-Christian abuse worldwide, drawing light to the tremendous scale of violence against the world’s most persecuted religion.

Hotel Chain Removes
Porn Channels Over
Human Trafficking Link
WASHINGTON, DC, September 5, 2013 -- Citing connections to human trafficking, a major Scandinavian hotel chain has announced that it is eliminating pornography channels from its hotel rooms.

German Raid on
Home-Schooling Family
Draws Condemnation
FRANKFURT, Germany, September 4, 2013 -- German officials’ seizure of four home-schooled children last week prompted strong objections from American home-schooling advocates who say the country’s ban on the educational practice violates human rights.

Lawyer: Catholics, Vegans and Starbucks
Need Conscience Rights
WASHINGTON, DC, August 13, 2013 -- A leading religious freedom lawyer says the HHS mandate controversy involves whether government can force businesses and their owners to disregard their own values as they seek to make a living.