The Wisconsin State Supreme Court is deliberating a critical case concerning Catholic Charities' operations and their classification as religious activity. Previously, the state's Supreme Court determined that Catholic Charities' service to the underprivileged did not meet the criteria for regular religious activity, preventing them from joining the Church's unemployment compensation program. Catholic Charities USA has submitted an amicus brief, advocating that following Gospel tenets of charity constitutes religious activity. Their stance includes references to other legal precedents and Vatican teachings on the importance of charitable actions in the Catholic faith, with a ruling expected in June 2025.
NATIONWIDE LEADERS OF RELIGIOUS NONPROFITS are closely watching a case unfolding in the Wisconsin State Supreme Court that involves a question on whether Catholic Charities' care for the poor and needy without proselytizing fits within the definition of religious activity.
Last year, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled in the case Catholic Charities Bureau v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission, that Catholic Charities' ministry to underserved people was not typical religious activity.
Becket, a nonprofit public-interest law firm dedicated to protecting the free expression of all religious traditions, is representing Catholic Charities Bureau in the Diocese of Superior County.
Catholic Charities USA sent an amicus brief stating, essentially, that by following the Gospel commands to be charitable, it is engaged in religious activity.
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