On Jan. 17, Bishop Jose Romeo Lazo of Kalibo met at his residence with businessmen, religious organizations and lay leaders and formed the Jan. 16 Movement. It is aimed, he said, at raising funds for ...

WASHINGTON − A divided Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the creation of the nation's first religious charter school, a major loss for those advocating a greater role for religion in public life.

The court rejected a religious charter school, but conservatives may get much of what they want in a school voucher program that passed the House this week. By Sarah Mervosh and Dana Goldstein A ...

WASHINGTON − The Supreme Court on Wednesday will consider whether the Catholic Church in Oklahoma can run the nation’s first religious charter school, a potentially major expansion of the use ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected public funding for a religious charter school in a split decision on Thursday. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI. 31,129 people played the daily Crossword recently.

In the heart of a region where religious persecution often dominates headlines, this event marked something exceptional, even spectacular. It was the most encouraging event we have been to in the ...

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday against a religious charter school in Oklahoma, upholding a court ruling saying public charter schools cannot be religious, a surprising ruling that breaks from th ...

On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled that Oklahoma cannot allow the creation of a religious charter school. The deadlocked 4–4 ruling kept a lower court's previous decision in place without ...

Shortly into an oral argument last month in which the Supreme Court looked ready to destabilize public education as we know it by embracing a constitutional right to publicly funded religious ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a major victory for religious freedom and public education, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling that blocked approval of the nation’s first religious ...

An evenly divided Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against a religious school that sought public funding from the state of Oklahoma. In a 4-4 vote, the justices upheld the Oklahoma State Supreme ...

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court is set to make a decision regarding the tax-exempt status of organizations that do not comply with state qualifications for “religious purposes.” ...