The state’s highest court ruled Jan. 28 that expired time limits on lawsuits can’t be undone, blocking certain abuse claims against the Diocese of Portland.

In addition to worship services, immigrants may also avoid church-run food pantries or medical clinics out of fear.

That is precisely what the revolutionary government sought to do with the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, which created “departments” of church whose clergy owed their ultimate fidelity to ...

At a prayer breakfast, Trump said the task force would prosecute the ‘targeting’ of Christians within government.

The Civil Constitution of the Clergy in 1790 made religious vows illegal, forcing the majority of monastic communities to disband. The religious community of the Carmel of Compiègne, established ...

that I will support the Constitution of the United States.” That oath was hugely important. Though it was rewritten by Congress in the wake of the Civil War, as Americans grappled with allowing ...

On Jan. 20, in his second inaugural address, President Donald Trump reiterated his determination to “make America great again ...

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a cornerstone ... On January 23, 1964, the United States ratified the 24th Amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting any poll tax in elections for federal officials.

[UPDATE 1/31/2025, 5:29 pm: As it happens, just today the North Carolina Supreme Court handed down a decision interpreting the North Carolina Constitution, McKinney v. Goins, and reached the ...

Associated Press reported none of the 82 clergy members, including seven bishops, listed in the database have been convicted in any civil court. The Minor Basilica and Metropolitan Cathedral of ...

The French Revolution, marked by its anti-clericalism and radical reorganisation of society, profoundly disrupted religious life. The Civil Constitution of the Clergy in 1790 made religious vows ...

Indian Constitution is a borrowed bag. When it was in the making, many leaders brainstormed and many ideas were improvised. The Constitution of India has absorbed many features from various other ...