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New Freedoms, Old Cautions: U.S. Churches Now Free to Endorse Political Candidates—But Catholic Church Won’t

The ruling, emerging from a legal battle initiated in 2024 by Texas-based churches and the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB), effectively softens the enforcement of the so-called Johnson Amendment of 1954. That provision had barred 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, including religious groups, from supporting or opposing candidates for public office

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Vatican gives new nihil obstat to Marian apparitions in Litmanová, Slovakia

The letter specifies that the “declaration, although it does not imply the recognition of the supernatural authenticity of the alleged apparitions, allows, however, to approve the public worship and to communicate to the faithful that, if they wish, they can approach this spiritual proposal without risk, besides the fact that the fundamental contents of the alleged messages can be of help to live the Gospel of Christ”.