Baltimore to pay $US275,000 in legal fees after trying to block far-right Catholic group’s 2021 rally
United States AP The city of Baltimore has agreed to pay $US275,000 toward the legal fees of a far-right Catholic media group to settle a lawsuit over the city’s unsuccessful attempt to block a rally in 2021. The agreement with St Michael’s Media, the parent firm of the Church Militant website, comes even as the […]
Catholic news site Church Militant agrees to pay $US500,000 in defamation case and is expected to close
United States AP A far-right, unofficial Catholic media website has agreed to pay $US500,000 to a New Hampshire priest who sued for defamation over a 2019 article that it now disavows. The website also is planning to shut down soon, the priest’s attorney says. The apology by Church Militant came after the organisation agreed last […]
Head of US Federal Election Commission calls separation of church and state a “fallacy” and 2020 election a “spiritual war”
Washington DC, US RNS The head of the Federal Election Commission chastised Catholic bishops during a pair of interviews this week, accusing church hierarchy of “hiding behind” their non-profit status and declaring that this year’s US election amounts to a “spiritual war” that threatens the country’s “Christian moral principles”. FEC Chairman James E “Trey” Trainor […]