Fidelis Care Offers Tips for Seniors Choosing Medicare Advantage Coverage Fidelis Care, the New York State Catholic Health Plan, reminds seniors to carefully consider their healthcare needs when choosing their Medicare coverage for 2015. Medicare 2015 open enrollment ends Dec. 7. Seniors can choose traditional Medicare or a Medicare Advantage product. Commonly known as Part […]
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Despite Revisions, Bishops Object to Healthcare Rules
WASHINGTON (CNS) – The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) urged the federal government “to reconsider” its new rules to allow religious institutions – and potentially some for-profit companies – to opt out of the contraceptive mandate in the Affordable Care Act.
Talk at Synod Is Frank
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis opened the first working session of an extraordinary Synod of Bishops Oct. 6, urging participants to speak fearlessly and listen humbly during two weeks of discussion of the “pastoral challenges of the family.”
The Threat Remains
The June 30 decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores ruled that the Administration’s contraceptive mandate as applied to closely held for-profit corporations was a violation of the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).
Natural Way for Family Planning
The Church throughout the U.S. has just completed a special week dedicated to promoting the true meaning of Natural Family Planning (NFP).
After Hobby Lobby, the Sky Has Not Fallen!
The U.S. Supreme Court, in the case of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, said that the owners of Hobby Lobby, the Green family – devout Christians – are free to run their business according to their religious beliefs.
Controversial Topics on Family Synod Agenda
The working document for the October, 2014 extraordinary Synod of Bishops offers a picture of the Catholic Church today struggling to preach the Gospel and transmit moral teachings amid a “widespread cultural, social and spiritual crisis” of the family.
Liberty and Justice for All
This week, we celebrated the Fourth of July, the remembrance of the beginning of the independence of the United States of America. Contemporaneously, Catholics in the U.S. have been asked to observe a fortnight for religious liberty, which began on June 22, the Feast of St. Thomas More, the martyr for religious freedom during the reign of King Henry VIII.
Dedication for Trinity Human Services Corp.
Trinity Human Services Corporation will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony on April 26 to celebrate the grand opening of its newly renovated offices in Williamsburg.
Court Rules Notre Dame Must Supply Contraceptive Coverage
CHICAGO (CNS) – The University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind., must provide free coverage of contraceptives as required by the federal health care law despite its moral objections to doing so, said a panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a ruling that denied the university an injunction against enforcement of […]