Ohio has made it a law to bar schools from requiring athletic participants to obtain waivers, or to restrict their religious clothing that do not pose dangers. Although The National Federation of State High School has already removed the need to require such waiver and/or restriction, a female student athlete…
Maine’s Vaccine Mandate to Reject Religious Exemption Upheld by Supreme Court
In Maine, a state law in effect since 1989, requires hospital and healthcare institutions to have workers vaccinated against all kinds of contagious diseases. Recently, the state released a mandate rejecting religious exemption as reason for not getting vaccinated. Although a group of health workers requested the Supreme Court to…
Maine Church Wants SC to Bar Governor from Issuing COVID-19 Restrictions
Recently, Justice Stephen Breyer of the Supreme Court rejected a petition by a church seeking to bar future COVID-19 restrictions affecting church activities. The Calvary Chapel in Orrington, specifically requested the U.S Supreme Court to preempt incumbent Democratic Gov Janet Mills from bringing back Covid-19 restrictions, in light of the…
Catholic Bishops Laud Biden’s Final Decision to Increase Refugee Admissions Cap
President Joe Biden announced last May 04 that his administration will proceed with the original plan to raise the refugee admission cap of 15,000 to 62, 500. Immediately following the announcement, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a statement welcoming the President’s reversal of a previous decision to…
High-Ranking Catholic Clergymen Issue Statement of Support for LGBTQ+ Youths
Last January, a group of high-ranking Catholic clergymen issued a statement of support for LGBTQ+ youths as an assurance that the church stands alongside them. The powerful message of their statement is that Catholicism teaches to not discriminate on whom to respect, and love even if they are lesbians and…
Repurposing Discarded Pews as Churches Need to Have Safer Seating Arrangements
The Supreme Court upheld petitions against the NY state’s enforcement of attendance limits, prompting many churches to institute their own mitigation measures. One of which is the replacement of church pews, putting in place individual chairs instead. in places of worship. That way, attendees congregating during mass celebrations or special…
Trump Claims He is Not Religious At All But Finds Religion Useful
Most evangelists and other religious organizations believe Trump is their religion’s champion as he praises their religious organizations during speeches. However, according to some people,who have worked closely with Trump, most of the outgoing president’s comments about religious beliefs and practices are full of skepticism and disdain. Even his former…
Trump’s Religious Upbringing : Why He Is The Way He Is
While the 2019 Pew Center research revealed that only 50% of Americans think religions is mportant in one’s life, many are taken aback by Trump’ lack of morality; oftentimes leading to questions about his religious upbringing or the seeming lack of it. In a June 2020 poll conducted by Morning…
Reopening Places of Worship : California Issues Guidelines
Last Monday, California state officials released fresh guidelines for religious orders to follow, when holding in-person worship in churches, mosques and synagogues. The guidelines signify the re-opening of places of worship after several weeks of suspension of opening due to the COVID-19 crisis. First off, the guidelines state that the…
Will Islam Surpass Christianity as the Largest Religion on a Global Scale?
Data gathered by the Pew Research Center in a 2017 global survey about religion, show that Islam has been spreading much faster than Christianity, and now has potential to surpass the latter in being the largest religion on a global scale. According to the Pew report, the numbers of Muslims…
The Current State of Religion in Canada Today
While Christianity is largely prevalent in Canada, the country has evolved through the years as a religiously diverse nation. In major Canadian cities like Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, the presence of ethnically diverse religion and less active participation in secular church activities characterize the face of religion in urban communities.…
The Miracle Behind Archbp. Sheen’s Forthcoming Canonization into Sainthood
The miracle behind Archbishop Fulton John Sheen’s forthcoming canonization into becoming a full-fledged Catholic saint, is through a young boy named James Fulton Engstrom. Born stillborn in September 2010 to Travis and Bonnie Engstrom in Goodfiled, Peoria, Illinois, baby James came back to life after 61 minutes of not showing…
Vatican Document Expounding on Gender Change, a Harmful Tool for LGBT Community Says New Ways Ministry
Sometime in June, 2019, the Vatican published a document stating the Catholic church’s position on gender change. According to the 30-page Vatican document entitled “Male and Female He Created Them,” gender cannot be changed, in which church touts the notion as a personal choice rather than biological, and is akin…
Embracing New Age Beliefs, Adhering to Doctrines Devoid of Rules and Restrictions
A 2018 Pew Research survey showed that a huge percentage of nearly seventy percent (70%) self-professed Catholics in the U.S. embrace one or more New Age beliefs. Of the 70%, 42 percent believe spiritual energy can be derived from physical things, 40 % believe there is spirituality in mystical physics,…
Teresiano : Finding Meaning in the Works of Saint Teresa of Avila
A celebration of the life and times of Saint Teresa of Avila is a remembrance of the reforms brought about by the first woman to have been bestowed the title “Doctor of the Church.” Also known as Teresa of Jesus, she began her Teresian reforms in 1562 as a way…