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In this March 15, 2021, file photo demonstrators gather on the steps of the Montana State Capitol protesting anti-LGBTQ+ legislation in Helena, Mont. The Montana Senate advanced Tuesday, March 30, 2021, a bill that would ban transgender athletes from participating in school and college sports according to the gender with which they identify, but amended it to be voided if the federal government withholds federal funding from the state due to the measure. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP) **FILE**

Religious college sues HUD to protect single-sex dorms and showers

By James Varney - The Washington Times
In this Nov. 16, 2016, file photo, then-Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr., poses during an interview in his offices at the school in Lynchburg, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Liberty sues Jerry Falwell Jr., seeks millions in damages

By Sarah Rankin - Associated Press
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, speaks during a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool) ** FILE **

Kennedy, Ernst push bill to block federal funding for Planned Parenthood

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times
The Cathedral of Notre Dame is pictured on the eve of the second anniversary of its fire, in Paris, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. A fire partially destroyed the Notre Dame Cathedral in the early evening of April 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Emmanuel Macron visits Notre Dame 2 years after devastating fire

By Thomas Adamson and Jeffrey Schaeffer - Associated Press
Chrisse France talks about the Preterm in the procedure room, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, in Cleveland. A federal court in Cincinnati will hear complex legal arguments for and against Ohio's Down syndrome abortion ban Wednesday, March 11, 2020, in a case viewed as pivotal in the national debate over the procedure. The Ohio law prohibits physicians from performing an abortion if they're aware that a diagnosis of Down syndrome, or the possibility, is influencing the decision. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) **FILE**

Federal court green-lights Ohio's abortion ban based on Down syndrome

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times
This Monday, March 15, 2021, photo shows Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam at the Governor's Mansion in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) **FILE**

Virginia church continues legal battle against Northam over COVID-19 restrictions

By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times
An "Open for Worship" banner is posted outside the Crossroads Community Church in Yuba City, Calif., Thursday, July 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Adam Beam) ** FILE **

Churchgoers rejoice after California lifts capacity limits on worship services: 'This vindicates us'

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Putin foe Navalny says he was suing prison for withholding Quran

By Daria Litvinova - Associated Press
In this Monday, Nov. 10, 2008 file photo, Bishop Michael J. Hoeppner of Crookston, Minn.. prays during a semi-annual meeting of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, in Baltimore. A Minnesota bishop who was investigated by the Vatican for allegedly interfering with past investigations into clergy sexual abuse has resigned. The Vatican said Tuesday, April 13, 2021, that Pope Francis had accepted the resignation of Crookston Bishop Michael Hoeppner and named a temporary replacement to run the dioceses. (AP Photo/ Steve Ruark, File)

Pope Francis asks U.S. bishop to resign after cover-up investigation

By Associated Press
Village of Hayes Center Board of Trustees at meeting April 6, 2021. (Front row, left to right): Sarah Rosno, Nikki Hamilton, Alicia Richards, Kim Primavera; (back row, left to right): Right to Life East Texas director Mark Lee Dickson and trustee Tracy Neverve. (Photo by Cindy McKillup courtesy Mark Lee Dickson)

Nebraska town becomes 24th with 'sanctuary city for unborn' ordinance, first outside Texas

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
In this Dec. 16, 2020, file photo President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for Transportation Secretary former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, President-elect speaks during a news conference at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool via AP, File)

Buttigieg to evangelical vaccine hold-outs: Maybe it's part of God's plan

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

SCOTUS strikes down California ban on in-home worship meetings; Roberts joins liberals in dissent

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times
This March 12, 2009, file photo shows Dr. Robert Lesslie in Rock Hill, S.C. Authorities say a gunman, identified as former NFL player Phillip Adams, killed Lesslie, his wife and grandchildren on Wednesday, April 7, 2021, in Rock Hill. Adams killed himself early Thursday, according to a source who was briefed on the investigation. (John D. Simmons/The Charlotte Observer via AP)

Slain South Carolina doctor wrote of faith, life's fragility

By Meg Kinnard - Associated Press

Holocaust survivors use social media to fight anti-Semitism

By David Rising - Associated Press
The medical conflict between pro-life and pro-choice doctors erupted this summer after Facebook removed two videos from Live Action about abortion. (ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS)

Tennessee takes abortion dispute to Supreme Court

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times
Georgia Democratic senate candidate Raphael Warnock speaks during a campaign rally in Augusta, Ga., Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. Democrats Jon Ossoff and Warnock are challenging incumbent Republican Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler in a runoff election on Jan. 5. (Michael Holahan/The Augusta Chronicle via AP)

Raphael Warnock rebuked for Easter message in now deleted tweet

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
Priests pause on Palm Sunday on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 28, 2021. A year after coronavirus restrictions halted mass gatherings, Christians are celebrating Holy Week together. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Christians mark Good Friday amid lingering coronavirus woes

By Joseph Krauss - Associated Press
This year, far more churches will be open for Easter. Federal judges, at times, stepped in to override local officials' coronavirus restrictions in 2020. (Associated Press)

Churches reopening doors for Easter

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
Freshman Nicholas Brown takes a pre-geometry pop quiz with his classmates at Seton LaSalle Catholic High School, Wednesday, March 3, 2021, in the Mt. Lebanon suburb of Pittsburgh. (Emily Matthews/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)

Catholic schools undercut teachers' unions with successful in-person reopenings

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
In this June 23, 2019, file photo, Lil Nas X arrives at the BET Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Federal judge blocks sales of Lil Nas X 'Satan Shoes'

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times
Cardinals attend a Chrism Mass celebrated by Pope Francis inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 1, 2021. During the Mass the Pontiff blesses a token amount of oil that will be used to administer the sacraments for the year. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, pool)

Pope opens final Holy Week services, skips Last Supper rite

By Associated Press
In this March 30, 2021, file photo, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam speaks at a news conference to announce the expansion of commuter rail in Virginia at the Amtrak and Virginia Railway Express (VRE) Alexandria Station, in Alexandria, Va. Adults in Virginia could legally possess and grow small amounts of marijuana beginning in July, about three years sooner than initially envisioned, under changes the governor proposed Wednesday, March 31, to legislation passed earlier this year.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Northam's office blasts lawsuits against Virginia schools' transgender policy

By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times
Public schools across the country are leading children toward beliefs of critical race theory. A group of alarmed parents is fighting back with online information to help families navigate the teachings. (Associated Press)

'It's everywhere': Parents group fights left-wing indoctrination in schools

By James Varney - The Washington Times
In this Jan. 26, 2020, photo, Lil Nas X poses in the press room with the awards for best music video and best pop duo/group performance for "Old Town Road," at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) **FILE**

Just don't do it: Nike sues 'Satan Shoes' maker for trademark infringement

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
On Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011, a U.S. Army soldier walks past military Humvees that are to be shipped out of Iraq from a staging yard at Camp Sather, part of the sprawling U.S. military's Victory Base Complex in Baghdad. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed) ** FILE **

U.S. Army, Muslim civil rights groups at odds over Islam-to-Christianity conversion story

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
In this Nov. 2, 2020, file photo the Supreme Court is seen at sundown in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Supreme Court to hear bid for new defense of Kentucky abortion law

By Associated Press
A snow-covered statue of the Virgin Mary is shown on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021 in Columbus, Ohio. (Joshua A. Bickel /The Columbus Dispatch via AP) ** FILE **

Godless states of America: Church membership falls below 50% in Gallup poll for first time

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times
In this Monday, June 4, 2018, photograph, baker Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, manages his shop after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that he could refuse to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple because of his religious beliefs did not violate Colorado's anti-discrimination law in Lakewood, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) **FILE**

Christian baker Jack Phillips back in court for rebuffing gender-transition cake

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wa., together with Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, left, Rep. Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., right, Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., second from right, and other Republican members of Congress speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House following a meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

McMorris Rodgers links social media to suicide: 'Your platforms are my biggest fear as a parent'

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Pope, citing pandemic effect, cuts pay for cardinals, others

By Frances E'Emilio - Associated Press

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