Soon after the HHS contraception mandate was handed down, the prior of Saint Benedict Center, Brother Andre Marie, posted on this website some lines about there having arisen “a teaching moment,” an opportunity for the bishops of the country to … Continue reading
LifeNews: The nation’s highest court today held a hearing on one of the most contentious portions of the Obamacare law that is opposed by pro-life groups because of rationing and abortion funding concerns — the individual mandate. Read more here … Continue reading
California Catholic Daily: Representatives of Catholic colleges voiced disappointment in a new federal rule finalizing the requirement to include student health plans in a controversial new contraception mandate. More on this here.
Catholic Culture: A Catholic layman has become the first private business owner to file suit against the HHS mandate that forces employers to provide insurance coverage for contraception, sterilization, and abortion-inducing drugs. More here with links.
CNA reports: A recent poll shows that President Barack Obama’s approval ratings dropped 12 percentage points among women voters, despite claims that a federal contraception mandate would help his bid for re-election. Full article here.
Catholic Exchange, Pat Buchanan: Anyone who believes America’s culture wars are behind her should have started out Friday reading The Washington Times. The headlines on the three top stories on page one read: “California judges asked to say if they are … Continue reading
“Sandra Fluke is not what she is being sold as. Instead she is a liberal activist pushing some rather radical ideas. Keep that in mind as the left holds her up in the spotlight.” So says Stephen Gutowski, who made … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: The Obama administration has made it clear that it will not back away from a mandate requiring contraceptive coverage in health-care plans, reports Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, the president of the US bishops’ conference. Read more … Continue reading
USCCB report: The Senate’s 51-48 vote March 1 to table the bipartisan Respect for Rights of Conscience Act (S. 1467), sponsored by Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO) and 37 other senators, impels the Church to strengthen its resolve to support religious … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: Warning that the Church is being “despoiled of her institutions” as “freedom of conscience and of religion become a memory from a happier past,” Cardinal Francis George of Chicago observes that “the Catholic Church in the United States … Continue reading
Something is being left out of the discussion surrounding the HHS mandate, which coerces employees to fund illicit sexual behavior via their insurance programs. While it is absolutely true that this governmental coercion, based upon lies, is a violation of … Continue reading
LifeNews: Barbara Boxer, the leading pro-abortion member of the U.S. Senate, made some comments in a recent MSNBC interview that are sparking outrage across the Internet today. Boxer essentially says the right to insurance trumps religious rights and freedoms. Read … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: The University of Notre Dame and the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities have issued statements welcoming the Obama administration’s “compromise” on its mandate on contraception and sterilization coverage. The former statement acknowledged “unresolved issues,” while the latter … Continue reading
CNA reports: Catholic media network EWTN sued the federal government Feb. 9, challenging the Obama administration’s rule requiring many religious ministries to subsidize contraception and sterilization in their health plans. Read more here.
The following is an open letter that Dr. William Fahey sent to New Hampshire’s senators and Congressman Guinta voicing his outrage over President Obama and the HHS mandate requiring submission of all employers to provide contraceptives, sterilizations, and abortions under … Continue reading
Site development: Bonaventure
