The Supreme Court’s top religion case this term focuses on faith-based foster care services, but it may hold implications for a much wider variety of religiously motivated
work. In Fulton v. Philadelphia, justices have an opportunity to clarify when the government must accommodate religious objectors, a move that could make it easier [...]
The Church of England’s Church Buildings Council and Cathedrals Fabric Commission for England have published guidance on Contested Heritage in Cathedrals and Churches. The
guidance “addresses issues of contested heritage in the Church of England’s cathedral and church buildings, their settings and their historic interiors”. [...]
In First Things today, I have an essay on President Biden’s recent recognition of the Armenian Genocide of 1915–and why that recognition hasn’t translated into practical
help for Armenians suffering ethnic cleansing today. Here’s an excerpt: [...]
This post includes a rolling update of new legislation and guidance on coronavirus COVID-19 during the week commencing 9 May 2021 *. * Sunday 9 May to Saturday 15 May 2021
Legislation [...]
Earlier this year, the Faculty Office published information on changes to the requirements for EEA Nationals to marry in the UK from 1st July 2021, here and here. Extracts
from these documents are reproduced below, [emphasis added]. [...]
European Commission Special Envoy for FoRB outside the EU The European Commission has appointed Christos Stylianides, a Cypriot national, as its Special Envoy for the promotion
of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU. He will be attached to Vice-President Schinas, who is in charge of leading the Commission’s dialogue with churches, [...]
The Program on Church, State & Society at Notre Dame Law School is pleased to announce the results of our first annual writing competition. Open to law students nationwide,
as well as recent law graduates not yet practicing law, the competition seeks to encourage scholarship related to the intersection of church, state & society, and [...]
The Law and Liberty website has collected four essays on "the state of CST, and what we ought to make of its ideas." Check them out. The Law and Liberty website has collected
four essays on "the state of CST, and what we ought to make of its ideas." Check them out. [...]
I’m very excited to announce that we have rescheduled the inaugural Rice-Hasson lecture with Ambassador Glendon. Mary Ann Glendon, the Learned Hand Professor of Law, emeritus,
at Harvard Law School and a former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, will be the inaugural speaker for the Rice-Hasson Distinguished Lecture Series at Notre Dame Law [...]
Regular MOJ readers probably recall that I think Prof. Massimo Faggioli (Villanova) tends to view matters through an overly ideological and/or partisan lens. This recent
piece, in Commonweal, supports my view, I think. It's a dog's-breakfast, but the theme seems to be that the Catholic bishops in the United States should be saying [...]
