The Conscience Project

10/07/2026

As the push for assisted su***de grows, we must reject the idea that the elderly are a burden. Caring for them with love and dignity reminds us that every human life has value.

Director Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, featured in the National Catholic Register.👇

COMMENTARY: Caring for the old can be exhausting, but it teaches the next generation about sacrifice and the redemptive value of suffering.

10/05/2026

The Supreme Court continues to take on major questions involving religious liberty and parental rights, from education and conscience protections to how parents raise their children.

As these cases come before the Court, knowing the facts and doctrines at stake is more important than ever.

10/02/2026

Lukewarmness can creep into our faith through distraction, comfort, and complacency.

The Christian life calls us to more: honest prayer, undivided attention, and a willingness to let the warmth of our faith reach those around us.

10/01/2026

The Supreme Court will open its new term on Monday with a docket that is shaping up to be a syllabus in religious liberty and parental rights, and that is no coincidence.

Director Andrea Picciotti-Bayer explores the cases to watch in the National Catholic Register.

COMMENTARY: The justices are again being asked to referee who gets to worship, preach or educate without being treated as a second-class citizen.

09/30/2026

Sometimes the best way to begin a conversation about faith is simply to be present, curious, and warm. That attention can open the door to a deeper conversation about God.

Director Andrea Picciotti-Bayer explores how everyday encounters can become opportunities to share the faith in the National Catholic Register.

COMMENTARY: The remedy to lukewarmness is to return to the fire, not to seek a cooler corner of the room.

09/26/2026

Director Andrea Picciotti-Bayer urges Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier and the state's Catholic bishops to find a balance without compromising conscience, school choice, and Church autonomy.

COMMENTARY: Florida can respect the bishops’ authority over Catholic schools while preserving a workable path for parents with vaccine objections.

09/24/2026

Jessica Bates, an Oregon mother, was told she could not adopt because of her religious beliefs. Now, after a legal battle, she has finally been approved to reapply for her license to adopt.

ADF attorneys represent Jessica Bates in favorable settlement of three-year long lawsuit against Oregon officials

09/22/2026

“The Constitution doesn’t let government dangle a public benefit, then ask families to choose between taking it and keeping their faith.”

Director Andrea Picciotti-Bayer explores St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy and what’s at stake as the case heads to the Supreme Court in The Daily Wire.

Preschool is no place to teach three- and four-year-olds to choose their own gender, but in Colorado, families choosing schools that share this belief are denied the state funding that all other families receive.“I don’t subscribe to this ideology of choosing a child’s gender,” one father sa...

09/19/2026

🚨WATCH: Colorado has a long history of discriminating against Christians. Now, that discrimination has reached preschoolers.

Director Andrea Picciotti-Bayer explains how Colorado’s Universal Preschool Program is excluding Catholic families over gender ideology.

09/18/2026

After three years of litigation, Jessica Bates’ adoption license has finally been reinstated. This is a major victory for foster children.

Joseph and Arlene Kutzko have faced a very different reality, going nearly two years without being able to speak to their daughter because of gender ideology.

Director Andrea Picciotti-Bayer discusses the challenges these families are facing in The Christian Post.

A presumption built into our social-work system does not disappear entirely once a regulation is rescinded