Supreme Court unanimously agrees with Catholic charity in jobless-fund case

Dispute hinged on whether secular support services can be a religious activity

Catholic Bishop James Powers meets with Alan Rock, the executive director of the Catholic Charities Bureau, earlier this year. Photo provided by the Becket law firm.

A church’s charitable work can be considered religious in nature for the purpose of certain tax laws even if it doesn’t include overt religious activity such as worship or proselytizing, the…