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New York Halts Efforts to Charge Catholic Nuns for Abortions

New York Halts Efforts to Charge Catholic Nuns for Abortions

New York state has concluded a nearly ten-year effort aimed at requiring Catholic nuns and other religious organizations to finance abortions. The Becket Fund for Religious Freedom announced on Tuesday that New York has reached a settlement after a protracted legal dispute over the state’s abortion mandate. This case, which reached the Supreme Court two […]

Christians achieve a significant victory as New York backs down from requiring nuns and churches to pay for abortion following a major Supreme Court decision.

Christians achieve a significant victory as New York backs down from requiring nuns and churches to pay for abortion following a major Supreme Court decision.

New York State Abandons Abortion Funding Mandate for Christian Organizations For nearly ten years, Christian groups have been pushing back against New York state’s requirement to fund abortions. They achieved a significant victory recently, spurred by a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court in June. Back in January 2017, then-Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that New […]

China Kicks 1,000 Monks and Nuns Out of Buddhist Academy

Chinese officials have driven out more than 1,000 Tibetan monks and nuns from the 45-year-old Buddhist academy. In fact, China appears to be determined to strangle life from the Larunger Buddhist Academy. That's what Larung Gar Five Sciences Buddhist Academy was Established In 1980, around 30 disciples of founder Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok were residing, and […]

Pennsylvania nuns reject GOP claim of voter fraud at their address

The Benedictine Sisters of Erie, Pennsylvania, said the founder of a group focused on the Republican Party's campaign to increase ballots and mail-in results said that even though there were 53 registered voters at one address, “there were no “No one lives there,” he said, rejecting claims of voter fraud. wrote on post on social […]

Fact-Checking JD Vance’s Claims About Botched Abortions, Catholic Nuns

Claim: J.D. Vance claimed that Walz signed a bill that removed requirements for doctors to provide life-saving care to babies who survive botched abortions. He also claimed that Kamala Harris supports suing Catholic nuns for violating freedom of conscience. Verdict: True. In 2023, Walz signed a bill that would remove the state's requirement to “protect […]