A Sept. 9 letter from USCCB officials to the Department of Health and Human Services stressed that a compromise could effectively be reached in the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive requirement.
USCCB urges HHS compromise on contraceptive mandate case
Retired pope says aging brings intense prayer, awareness of judgment
Retirement has given the 89-year-old Pope Benedict what he describes as the gift of silence to enter more deeply into prayer.
Health care might not be top election issue but is still voter priority
Health care got plenty of attention during previous presidential election campaigns, but this time around it is almost like a kid craning to see what is going on while other issues take the front seat.
Day of prayer aims to begin restoring peace to U.S. communities
Prayers for peace at Catholic schools and parishes around the country Sept. 9 are meant to “build relationships and plant seeds in people’s minds and hearts” said Bishop Shelton J. Fabre of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana.
The battle over gun regulation returns to the election season
Arguments about violence, guns and which kinds of arms should be available to the public long have been a staple in modern-day presidential elections, and this year it’s no different.
MRS gets $1 million-plus grant from Mormons for refugee resettlement
The U.S. bishops’ Migration and Refugee Services is receiving a $1.25 million grant from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to aid in its refugee resettlement efforts once the newcomers arrive in the United States.
Jubilee for prisoners, canonizations among pope’s upcoming events
The last three months of the Year of Mercy include jubilee celebrations for the imprisoned and for homeless people.
USCCB objects to NIH plan to fund part-human, part-animal embryo research
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops objected to a National Institutes of Health proposal to authorize federally funded research on part-human, part-animal embryos in comments submitted to the agency Sept. 2.