The Conscience Project

Displaying the Ten Commandments in classrooms isn't about establishing a state religion; it's about recognizing the historical roots of our legal tradition.

Director Andrea Picciotti-Bayer responds to Joe Rogan's concerns and unpacks the legal misconceptions behind the debate in the Christian Post.

A teacher answering a student's question about her faith isn't as legally protected as many Americans assume.

Director Andrea Picciotti-Bayer explains why the U.S. Presidential Commission on Religious Liberty's recommendations are critical to protecting religious expression in public schools in National Catholic Register.

US Case Law Draws Distinctions on Public-School Teachers’ Free Speech It may surprise many Americans to learn that U.S. teachers don’t automatically have greater free-speech protections than a country without a First Amendment.

Director Andrea Picciotti-Bayer explores how the Supreme Court has the opportunity to correct Colorado's exclusion of Catholic Preschools from its Universal Preschool Program in the National Catholic Register.

Colorado Goes After Religious Liberty in ‘St. Mary v. Roy’ COMMENTARY: May Colorado exclude Catholic preschools from its Universal Preschool Program — a publicly funded benefit available to virtually every other provider in the state — simply because those schools operate according to their faith?

"Faith belongs in the public square, not as a political weapon, but as the moral inheritance that has shaped American civic life from the beginning."

Director Andrea Picciotti-Bayer discusses the Religious Liberty Commission's recommendations in The Daily Signal.

Reclaiming Religious Liberty from Distortion The framers were not hostile to religion. They were hostile to state-established religion, a very different thing.

NEW: "What makes Colorado’s policy so striking is not merely that it excludes religious schools. It is that it requires religious parents to pay a steeper price than everyone else — simply because of what they believe."

Director Andrea Picciotti-Bayer explains why Colorado's Universal Preschool Program is facing a constitutional challenge in The Federalist.

Suit: CO Denies Funding To Preschoolers Because They're Catholic The suit argues that Colorado’s policy doesn't just exclude religious schools; it requires religious parents to pay more than everyone else.

NEW: "The examination of conscience is the small hinge that makes beginning again possible."

Director Andrea Picciotti-Bayer explores how a daily Examen can transform your spiritual life in the National Catholic Register.

The Quiet Potential of the Daily ‘Examen’ COMMENTARY: The three-to-five-minute exercise can be life-changing.

Today, we celebrate 250 years of the freedoms that define our nation, including our first freedom: religious liberty.

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This Fourth of July, let's celebrate with gratitude.

America's commitment to religious liberty has allowed the Church to flourish for generations. As we approach our nation's 250th year, Director Andrea Picciotti-Bayer reflects on why we have so much to be thankful for in National Catholic Register.

This Fourth of July Offers a Time for Gratitude, Not Sentimentality COMMENTARY: The nation we celebrate this July Fourth is where God has chosen for us to keep his work alive.