by Elizabeth Deffner ANAHEIM, Calif. (CNS) – Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson called the number of attendees at the Knights of Columbus 130th Supreme Convention in Anaheim “a testament to the growth and development” of the international fraternal organization. More than 2,000 Knights from around the world – many of them with their wives and […]
ANTIETAM CREEK, Md. (CNS) – Three days and 30 miles into a 100-mile trek to Baltimore from the tiny central Maryland town of Hancock, Laura Dudich lost count of her blisters. “My foot is covered in Band-Aids right now,” said the 17-year-old parishioner of St. Peter Church in Hancock, pausing briefly July 31 as she […]
This past week, some of the more unsavory parts of the Affordable Health Care Act (ObamaCare) went into effect. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius used the occasion to trumpet Aug. 1, 2012, as “a new day for women’s health in America.” “Thanks to the new health care law, all insurance policies will be […]
ALBANY, N.Y. (CNS) – The lawsuit filed against a Catholic hospital by a same-sex couple seeking spousal benefits is a “cautionary reminder of the true implications of the redefinition of marriage on religious liberty,” according to the New York State Catholic Conference. The lawsuit was filed anonymously June 19 in a federal court in New […]
by Francis X. Rocca ROME (CNS) – On the same day that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Obama administration’s health care law, Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore warned an audience in Rome about what he characterized as the law’s threat to religious freedom. The archbishop, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee […]
It’s just the tip of the iceberg. This Aug. 1, the federal government will impose on us regulations that, if followed, not only would violate the consciences of many American citizens but attempts even to change the definition of a church. It is a direct attack on our civil liberties, our Faith and our values, […]
by Antonina Zielinska Demonstrators from downstate New York gathered on the steps of the Federal Hall National Memorial in Lower Manhattan to protest the Affordable Health Care Act. They demonstrated, at the site where the first U.S. Congress met to adopt the Bill of Rights over 200 years ago, to protest a mandate which they […]
by Ed Wilkinson Much of the contents of this week’s paper deals with religious liberty. Check out the Bishop’s column, the front page story, the editorial and Father Lauder’s column. There is a growing realization that the Church is under attack and we must respond. The Obama Administration’s Affordable Health Care Act has mobilized church […]
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, Over the last several years, it has become increasingly clear that our nation’s political elites are waging a war against religious freedom. The most recent attack is from the Health and Human Services (HHS) mandate, which is forcing all but narrowly defined religious organizations to provide contraceptives, […]
As we prepare for the celebration of our national Independence Day on July 4, it is incumbent on us as American Catholics to understand the scriptural and theological foundations of our own teaching on religious liberty. Our concerns about recently announced federal policies directly challenging our right to free exercise of religion, guaranteed by the […]
