Listen: Director @BayerPicciotti joins @AveAfternoon to discuss the disappointing court decision blocking the town of Quincy, MA, from installing two bronze statues of St. Michael the Archangel and St. Florian to honor first responders.
Massachusetts' highest court has blocked Quincy, MA, from installing a St. Michael the Archangel statue and a St. Florian statue to honor the town’s first responders.
@BayerPicciotti joined @LarsLarsonShow to discuss what the Supreme Judicial Court got wrong in this religious
A decade ago, a clear majority of Americans had high confidence in U.S. colleges and universities. Today, fewer than a third do, while the share with very little or no confidence has nearly tripled.
Higher ed’s confidence crisis has been years in the making.
States cannot exclude religious schools from public benefits, and UPK should be made available to families who choose to send their kids to Catholic preschool.
That’s why we’re supporting this SCOTUS case to ensure that religious families aren’t left behind. See how the Halls
Colorado’s "universal" preschool program isn’t really universal. Some families were shut out of the program just because they chose to send their children to a Catholic preschool—denying them access to the same funds available to everyone else. Now, St. Mary v. Roy is headed to
Massachusetts’ highest court just blocked statues honoring police and firefighters because they’re “closely affiliated with a particular religion.”
No religiously-tied monument in America is safe if that logic holds.
My latest in @FDRLST: https://thefederalist.com/2026/09/01/massachusetts-court-says-town-cant-build-statues-of-christian-heroes-because-theyre-christian/
NEW: “A city honoring its police officers and firefighters with the patron saints those men and women have invoked for generations is not establishing a religion."
Director @BayerPicciotti responds to Massachusetts’ latest ruling and warns against the growing effort to scrub
NEW: "Suggesting that medieval saints anticipated and endorsed transgender ideology sits in direct tension with the guidance of the Church’s own shepherds."
Director @BayerPicciotti and @maryricehasson respond to the National Catholic Reporter’s promotion of “Transgender History
Why Catholics should reject the month and myth of “trangendered Saints”
Why Catholics should reject the month and myth of “trangendered Saints”
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Director @BayerPicciotti joined @AveAfternoon to discuss the attacks on religious liberty happening in Nicaragua under the Ortega regime.
Religious freedom is not a privilege granted by the government, but a fundamental right rooted in the recognition that faith and conscience stand beyond the state’s authority. 👇
Ortega’s War on the Church Reveals the Limits of Political Power
COMMENTARY: Nicaragua’s crackdown on Catholics shows why religious freedom is not a gift from the state — and ...
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.@AGToddBlanche is already putting parental rights front and center with updated religious liberty guidance.
Director @BayerPicciotti explains why parents’ right to direct the religious upbringing and education of their children is fundamental to religious liberty in @thehill.
.@ADFLegal and @NationalLegalFn have filed a petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review Johnson v. Fleming.
The petition argues that Virginia’s exclusion of students pursuing religious degrees from state grant aid is an unconstitutional religious test that violates
Director @BayerPicciotti explains how Virginia’s tuition assistance policy discriminates against soldiers pursuing theology degrees and threatens religious liberty.
Virginia’s Dangerous Catch-22 for Military Chaplains
COMMENTARY: ‘Johnson v. Fleming’ asserts that the state demands that National Guard chaplain candidates have a mas...
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Virginia requires National Guard chaplains to earn a theology degree, but refuses to provide tuition assistance that is available for other degrees.
Director @BayerPicciotti explains how this dangerous catch-22 threatens religious liberty in @NCRegister.
Virginia’s Dangerous Catch-22 for Military Chaplains
COMMENTARY: ‘Johnson v. Fleming’ asserts that the state demands that National Guard chaplain candidates have a mas...
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Listen: “We need to be clear that we allow for religious exemptions, but we need to make sure that they are tied to the individual conscience and not any kind of denominational affiliation.”
Director @BayerPicciotti discusses the University of Virginia’s health program rules on
