Director @BayerPicciotti joined @AveAfternoon to discuss how the Church is engaging in conversations about Virginia’s upcoming amendments and their implications for religious freedom.
Virginia’s upcoming ballot measures raise important questions about religious freedom. The Church has both the right and responsibility to speak on the common good and guide the faithful.
Can the Church remain silent when political decisions touch on the foundations of life, marriage, and the common good?
In this piece, Paul D. Scalia examines two proposed amendments to Virginia’s constitution concerning abortion and marriage, exploring the Church’s
Religious freedom protects the Church’s right and responsibility to teach the faithful, speak on the common good, and encourage action rooted in faith.
Director @BayerPicciotti explores what’s at stake for religious liberty in Virginia.
Religious Liberty on Display in Virginia Elections - The Daily Signal
Bishop Michael Burbidge addressed Catholics in all 70 parishes of the Diocese of Arlington about religious liberty in Virginia elections.
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READ: “Arlington has shown that religious freedom allows church leaders to say to the faithful what they hold to be true and to urge them to act on it.”
Director @BayerPicciotti explains how religious freedom is at work in the Arlington diocese in @DailySignal.
India’s proposed FCRA amendments could jeopardize Christian charities and churches serving the country’s most vulnerable. Unlike America’s FARA, these measures could put faith-based charitable work at risk of government seizure.
In the @ChristianPost, Director @BayerPicciotti
.@BayerPicciotti joined @AveAfternoon to discuss assisted suicide laws and the troubling message they send: that the answer to aging and suffering is to end the lives of the elderly, rather than provide the care and support they deserve.
A religious liberty clinic at Notre Dame Law School is urging the Supreme Court to strike down Texas’ Ten Commandments law, arguing it imposes religious instruction on children.
Director @BayerPicciotti explains why this view misreads religious liberty and the Establishment
🔊Listen: “Catholics should be concerned about this kind of overreach of a local government’s authority”
Director @BayerPicciotti joined @EWTN’s Register Radio to discuss upcoming Supreme Court cases, including Grand v. City of University Heights, and the implications for
One year ago today, Washington agreed not to enforce a law that would force Catholic priests to violate the sacred seal of confession. Becket defended the priests’ right to uphold their vows, ensuring they wouldn’t have to choose between their faith and jail time.
Priests should never have to choose between upholding their sacred vows and facing jail time. In 2025, Washington passed a law requiring Catholic priests to report suspected abuse or neglect disclosed in confession, despite the Church’s 2,000-year-old teaching that confession is
The confessional is not a legal loophole for child abusers. In the @dcexaminer, Director @BayerPicciotti explains why protecting children and religious liberty are not mutually exclusive, and why the court’s ruling blocking Washington’s law was an important defense of both.
NEW: A case involving the Missionaries of St. John the Baptist could have broader implications for religious land use and the role of the state in protecting religious liberty.
Director @BayerPicciotti explores what’s at stake in @NCRegister.
US Supreme Court Takes Up Missionaries’ Case
COMMENTARY: Missionaries of St. John the Baptist v. Frederic is a small fight that can answer big questions regarding religious land use.
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Brian and Jill Hall have sacrificed a lot to give their children a Catholic education. When Colorado launched its UPK program, they were excited to send their preschooler to St. Mary, a school already woven into their community. But the state’s rules prevented them from using UPK
NEW: "A faith that may be freely exercised only within the church is a faith the state has already succeeded in controlling."
Director @BayerPicciotti examines how people of faith in blue states are facing growing challenges to practicing their beliefs beyond church walls in
Director @BayerPicciotti discusses upcoming Supreme Court cases that will impact religious freedom and parental rights on @AveAfternoon.
