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Christopher Vondracek

cvondracek@washingtontimes.com

Christopher Vondracek was a reporter on The Washington Times' National desk.

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This Friday, March 22, 2019, fie photo shows the Department of Justice Building in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

DOJ backing Indiana Archdiocese over firing of gay teacher

The Department of Justice is supporting the Indianapolis Archdiocese's firing of a gay teacher, describing the case before the state's Supreme Court as a matter of leaving "religious decisions to religious organizations."

September 11, 2020
Policy analysts say they're concerned that eligibility rules for programs such as Medicaid and food stamps are prompting lower-income parents to stay unmarried while raising children. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Marriage is taxing for low-income workers, study shows

A new study has found a "growing marriage divide" between wealthy and lower-income Americans driven, in part, by eligibility rules for social welfare programs that may deter working-class couples from marrying.

September 10, 2020
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden leaves St. Joseph On the Brandywine Catholic Church after attending Mass in Wilmington, Del., Sunday Sept. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) **FILE**

Catholic priests, bishops rebuke Joe Biden for his pro-choice views

Some Roman Catholic priests and bishops have taken to social media to chide parishioners considering voting for Democrats, in general, and presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden, in particular, by reminding them of the church's opposition to abortion.

September 9, 2020
In this file photo, Ashley Layton, an LPN at St. Luke's Meridian Medical Center, communicates with a person before taking swab sample at a special outdoor drive-thru screening station for COVID-19 coronavirus Tuesday, March 17, 2020. (Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman via AP) **FILE**

CDC: Coronavirus work absences worse for Blacks, rural Americans

Only one out of 100 Americans has missed work because of the coronavirus, but Blacks and residents of rural areas are far likelier to call out sick than other Americans, according to a new estimate from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

August 28, 2020
Boston Roman Catholic Archdiocese Cardinal Sean O'Malley speaks to the media, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017, in Braintree, Mass., on the death of Cardinal Bernard Law. The disgraced former Boston archbishop, who epitomized the Catholic Church's failure to protect children from sexually abusive priests, died Wednesday in Rome. He was 86. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes)

Boston cardinal calls for partisan truce after priest endorses Biden

The leader of the Boston Archdiocese reminded the Roman Catholic clergy this week that they should be politically neutral after a priest publicly endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Joseph R. Biden, a Catholic who now backs abortion rights, saying priests "may not endorse or oppose candidates for election or political parties."

August 28, 2020
The Supreme Court building is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Religious groups square off ahead of major Supreme Court adoption case

Legal memoranda filed ahead of a deadline in the U.S. Supreme Court case between a Roman Catholic adoption agency and the City of Philadelphia show a bitter split amongst faith groups on the question of whether non-discrimination provisions to protect same-sex parents, in fact, uproot religious ministries of childcare dating back centuries.

August 21, 2020