(Reuters) -A divided U.S. appeals court on Thursday rejected a suburban Seattle church's bid to void a Washington state law requiring insurers that offer maternity coverage in employee health plans to ...

A Washington church won its case against a state abortion coverage mandate on Thursday, in a ruling by a federal appeals court. Cedar Park Church in Bothell, Washington had filed a complaint in March ...

On behalf of Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church, I would like to thank you and the Standard-Speaker staff, especially Jill Whalen, Lois A. Grimm and Mary T. Pagano, for the fine coverage of our ...

SAN DIEGO (CN) - A San Diego church sued the California Department of Managed Health Care over a requirement it cover abortions in its employee health care plans. Skyline Wesleyan Church sued the ...

The pace of Affordable Care Act regulatory activity has slowed dramatically with the new year, particularly in comparison with the frenetic pace late in 2013 leading up to the January 1, 2014 ...

I would like to voice my agreement in response to Tim Rutten’s “Catholic periodicals laud scandal coverage” (Tempo, May 8), on the media coverage of the church scandal. Though much of the media’s ...

NEMI, Italy -- A top Vatican official blasted the Italian media Tuesday and Wednesday, accusing it of revealing a bias against the church by focusing too much coverage on church-related sex scandals.

Vatican journalist and expert John L. Allen, Jr. will join the staff of the The Boston Globe as an associate editor next month in a bid to enrich the media's coverage of religion and the Church. "What ...

US appeals court says church lacked standing to sue Seattle-area church says religious rights were violated Lawyer representing church calls decision 'shocking' March 6 (Reuters) - A divided U.S.

“No church should be forced to cover abortions, and certainly not a church like Cedar Park that dedicates its ministry to protecting and celebrating life,” said Elissa Graves, legal counsel with ...