Pew Research Center, by Jeff Diamant: From national laws regulating religious dress to local laws banning public worship by Muslims, religious restrictions have in recent years become more common in Europe. Indeed, while the Middle East-North Africa region had the…

CNSNews.com, by Michael W. Chapman: During a talk before a group of Republicans in Florida recently, Fr. Michael Orsi, a Catholic priest, said that America’s founders were God-fearing men and women who understood that to have “a virtuous country, you…

Daily News and Analysis (DNA), by Santosh Kumar: PM Modi-led NDA [National Democratic Alliance] government [of India] is likely to bring an anti-conversion bill in the next Parliament session, according to sources. As per sources, the bill will prevent the…

Harvard Business Review, by Shelle Santana: Is the U.S. becoming a cashless society? As digital payments spread from coastal coffee shops to rural restaurants, business owners, lawmakers, and consumers across America are asking themselves this question. And depending on where…

AP News, by Martha Mendoza, Juliet Linderman, and Garance Burke: The visiting priests arrived discreetly, day and night. Stripped of their collars and cassocks, they went unnoticed in this tiny Midwestern town as they were escorted into a dingy warehouse…

Faithwire, by Will Maule: Thousands have marched right up to the doorstep of Northern Ireland’s government buildings in protest against a recently proposed change to the nation’s abortion laws. Friday’s “silent protest” was in response to British parliament legislation passed…