As a church law dating back to the 12th century was dismissed, Anglican priests in Australia can now report serious crimes that are revealed to them during confessions.
Despite same-sex couples in Kentucky being unable to get marriage licenses, a federal judge ruled against the state’s ban on gay marriages on July 1st.
The European Court of Human Rights upheld the French government’s ban on wearing the burka or niqab in public, saying the law passed in 2010 does not breach the human rights of Muslim women.
In a recent incident of honour killing, a newlywed couple in Pakistan was tied up and decapitated by the bride’s family for marrying against their wishes.
Self-proclaimed Nigerian pastor Timothy Ngwu, founder of the Vineyard Ministry of the Holy Trinity, told police that God has asked him to impregnate 20 members of his church.
In a case that deeply divided advocates of religious liberty and supporters of women’s rights, the Supreme Court said on June 30 that closely held corporations with sincerely held religious beliefs are not bound to provide a full range of contraceptives free of cost to their employees.
President Barack Obama signed a bill on June 30, approving Franklin Roosevelt’s D-Day Prayer to be added to the World War II Memorial in Washington DC.
A New York federal district judge said that a public school was right in forcing a Christian teacher to remove Bible-themed materials from her classroom.
Shelby Township authorities have said they will ignore a letter that criticizes the recent inclusion of the phrase “so help me God” to the standard oath by Clerk Stanley Grot.
