Park Hills

Now, the U.S. Supreme Court has accepted a case that will affect churches and Christian organizations' ability to pursue their calling.

First Liberty Institute and two other law firms are representing the missionaries of St. John the Baptist in their request for a permit to erect a small, modest grotto, a quiet place for prayer and reflection, behind their church building, which has stood on its property in Park Hills, Kentucky, for over 100 years.

In 2021, the city granted their request.

but a couple of disgruntled neighbors filed a lawsuit opposing the city's decision.

Catholic World Report says Supreme Court could take up a case in Kentucky at a Lourdes Grotto blocked by the neighbors.

The Supreme Court agreed to hear the Missionaries of St. John the Baptist case over a planned Lourdes Grotto with statues of Our Lady and St. Bernadette at Our Lady of Lourdes Chapel in Park Hills, Kentucky, after neighbors sued them over traffic and parking concerns.

And the Kentucky Supreme Court voided the zoning variance.

The question is whether th- that substantially burdens religious exercise under the federal land use law.