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12 Feb 2016, 9:14 am by June Casey
The Roman Catholic Church and transatlantic Protestant circles dominated the public discussion of the new principles in what became the last European golden age for the Christian faith. [read post]
10 Feb 2016, 12:28 pm
"Court stands by decision overturning cleric's conviction": Jeremy Roebuck of The Philadelphia Inquirer has a news update that begins, "A state appellate court on Wednesday refused to reconsider its decision last year to overturn what had been the first conviction nationwide of a Roman Catholic Church official for covering up child sex abuse by priests. [read post]
31 Jan 2016, 10:56 pm by Kevin LaCroix
The D&O Diary is on assignment in Germany this week, with the first stop for a meeting and a short visit in the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg – “Free,” as a free Imperial city under the Holy Roman Empire, and “Hanseatic” for the Hanseatic League, the Northern European trading confederation in the late Middle Ages. [read post]
28 Jan 2016, 8:00 am by Dan Ernst
Anna Su, University of Toronto Faculty of Law, has posted Catholic Constitutionalism from the Americanist Controversy to Dignitatis Humanae, which is forthcoming in the Notre Dame Law Review:     This paper, written for a symposium on the 50th anniversary of Dignitatis Humanae or the Roman Catholic Church’s Declaration on Religious Freedom, traces a brief history of Catholic constitutionalism from the Americanist controversy of… [read post]
3 Jan 2016, 1:20 pm
Both the Roman Catholic and the Episcopal Church follow a "lectionary" (schedule of readings) by which supposedly the entire Holy Bible is read aloud in the propers, over the course of three liturgical years.I say "supposedly", because as the Underground Pewster regularly points out, the theologians and clergy who assembled the current lectionary routinely excised certain passages from the ones specified in the lectionary. [read post]
30 Dec 2015, 11:49 am by David Kopel
Today, the doctrine of the Catholic Church is that pacifism can be a legitimate choice for a Christian, but it is not mandatory, and that choosing not to be a pacifist is equally legitimate. [read post]
16 Dec 2015, 8:08 am by Leslie Griffin
Unfortunately for the government and Catholic women, however, Roman Catholic Justice Samuel Alito included some Catholic moral theology in his substantial burden analysis in Burwell v. [read post]
12 Dec 2015, 3:13 am by Old Fox
linkI certainly hate the Roman Catholic church. [read post]
11 Dec 2015, 3:07 pm by Lyle Denniston
Zubik is a Roman Catholic bishop in Pittsburgh, Pa., and he is joined by the bishop in Erie, Pa., their dioceses, and various non-profit institutions in those two cities. [read post]
27 Nov 2015, 7:01 pm by CrimProf BlogEditor
From The New York Times: The mother of a baby who was left this week in an unadorned crèche inside a Roman Catholic church in Queens was found and will not face criminal prosecution, the county district attorney said late... [read post]
8 Nov 2015, 1:49 pm by Marty Lederman
  Catholic Charities’ Health Plan is what is known under ERISA as a “church plan. [read post]
30 Oct 2015, 10:18 am by Steve Bainbridge
An interesting new paper argues that: Adam Smith characterized the medieval Roman Catholic Church as a force impeding Europe’s process of development. [read post]
28 Oct 2015, 11:52 am by Eugene Volokh
The 15-judge federal court of appeals for the Sixth Circuit has just handed down an interesting and important First Amendment decision. [read post]
23 Oct 2015, 8:17 am by Stephen Wermiel
The petition on which Verrilli urges the Court to focus is filed by the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Washington, representing both itself as an employer and also the numerous Catholic schools that it runs. [read post]
21 Oct 2015, 5:20 pm by Tom Smith
Ever since the Second Vatican Council drew to a close in 1965, the Roman Catholic Church has been divided into blocs that mirror the culture war divide that has split the American people since the late 1960s. [read post]
13 Oct 2015, 8:46 am by Daniel Leaderman
 last month, paying $880,000 to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore for the ... [read post]
7 Oct 2015, 6:00 am
Respondent’s claim was based on his alleged past persecution in Guatemala by the Mara Salvatrucha gang because, as a catechist in his local Roman Catholic Church, he had refused to join the Maras; thus, he was a member of a particular social group (PSG). [read post]
30 Sep 2015, 4:15 pm by Marty Lederman
  As expected, the government argues that the most suitable vehicle for the Court's review is Case No. 14-1505, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Washington v. [read post]