Ratio Decidendi is a recurring series by Stephanie Barclay exploring the reasoning – from practical considerations to deep ...

On the kitchen wall in the house where I grew up my parents hung a photograph of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, the famous Carmelite nun from France who lived only 24 years, from 1873 to 1897, and yet became ...

Texas parents filed a lawsuit challenging a new state law mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. The lawsuit alleges the law violates First Amendment rights and ...

A Texas law requiring the state’s public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments could violate First Amendment rights, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, temporarily blocking Texas schools ...

Contributing columnist Abby McCloskey writes that Texas' new law placing Ten Commandments posters in classrooms misses a larger point about character education. Michael Hogue/Staff Artist; ...

Ever since I sued my local public school district, I keep getting asked: Why do I — a Baptist pastor, Jesus follower and American dad — want to prevent the Ten Commandments from being imposed on ...

Stone tablets depicting the Ten Commandments are shown outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on June 27, 2005, placed there during a vigil by a religious group. (OSV News photo/Jason Reed ...