Cuban poet Valladares to receive Becket’s Canterbury Medal
April 13, 2016, New Boston Post
In May, he will be awarded the Canterbury Medal by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty in recognition of his fight for freedom of conscience and liberty.
Sikh Army captain wins right to wear turban, beard
April 4, 2016, New Boston Post
On March 30, the service released a memorandum with both permission and strict instructions for Capt. Simratpal Singh’s uniform accommodation, “until the Army publishes formal standards.”
Atheists drop suit to block Christian prison ministry funding
February 24, 2016, New Boston Post
The New York-based group, the Center for Inquiry, declined to appeal a Florida county court ruling on Jan. 20 that let the state fund work by Lamb of God Ministries and Prisoners of Christ. The Christian groups have provided housing, food and job assistance to former prisoners to help reduce recidivism in the Sunshine State for more than two decades.
Prison ministries win religious freedom case
Religious freedom resource planned by Becket Fund
” Do you hear what I hear? Atheists try to silence faith-based halfway house”
December 16, 2015, New Boston Post
POC changes lives. Like that of the man who spent nearly three decades years behind bars for murder and, upon release, couldn’t drive a car (no license) and was afraid to cross the street (vehicular traffic being fairly rare within prison walls). After POC’s help, he landed a job that took him from flipping burgers at one McDonald’s to a senior position managing maintenance at seven McD’s. Today, he can’t thank POC enough.