The issue has again been raised after the U.S. Supreme Court recently asked a lower court in New York City to take a second look at a case in which Amish parents challenged the state's strict rules on ...

The ruling in the case involving a group of Catholic charities seeking tax exemptions in Wisconsin could have national ramifications. The Supreme Court appears likely to side with a group of Catholic ...

The judge in a vaccine exemptions case that resumes this week asked lawyers to complete some homework about a central question that is also existential: How would you differentiate between religious ...

The Christian Heritage School ranks among the top 20 schools statewide in religious exemptions for required vaccinations.

Religious exemptions have risen over decades in Massachusetts. Medical exemptions that bypass immunization have fallen in the state. None of the major religions have mandates against vaccination, ...

The Hubert H. Humphrey Building, the Washington, D.C., headquarters of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (Photo Courtesy/U.S. General Services Administration) CHARLESTON — The ...

WASHINGTON − As a religious organization, the Catholic diocese in northwest Wisconsin doesn’t have to pay unemployment taxes. But when the diocese’s social ministry arm asked for the same exemption, ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday issued important decisions on guns, employment discrimination against straight people, and a tax exemption that was denied to a Catholic charity. All of the ...

The West Virginia Senate passed a bill providing religious and philosophical exemptions to West Virginia’s school vaccination requirements. Most of the discussion on the Senate floor on Friday came ...

Families are increasingly seeking nonmedical exemptions to routine childhood vaccines, making communities more vulnerable to preventable diseases.

CHARLESTON — While focus remains on a lawsuit filed by Raleigh County parents seeking a permanent injunction against local and state education officials requiring them to accept their granted ...