The U.S. Department of State has issued its annual list of Countries of Particular Concern on religious freedom matters. The list is largely unchanged from last year, with two notable exceptions.

Even in these divided times, many onlookers — including prominent Christian conservative leaders — were shocked and condemned such a brazen call from Michael Flynn to unite America under a single religion.

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Ramirez v. Collier, in which a death row inmate in Texas is challenging the state’s refusal to allow a minister to lay hands on him and pray audibly during his execution.

By a 6-3 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court last week refused to issue an emergency injunction sought by a group of Maine health care workers against the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

Watch as several members of Congress raise the difficult issue of how to handle employee requests for religious exemptions to vaccine mandates.

As these cases suggest, the controversy over religious objections to COVID-19 vaccine mandates appears sure to continue expanding.

The Supreme Court will hear a case brought by a civic organization challenging Boston’s denial of their request to fly a Christian flag temporarily outside city hall.

Ramirez v. Collier was brought under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), which bars state and local governments from posing a substantial burden on the religious free exercise of inmates unless that burden is necessary to further a compelling government interest.

Two Muslim women are challenging the policy of the New York Police Department that requires arrestees to remove religious headwear for their booking photo.