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 […]
by Congressman Bob Turner On Memorial Day, the very day that we pause to honor the heroes who gave their lives in the name of freedom, The New York Times issued a scathing indictment of the Catholic Church for protecting its right to religious freedom through the federal courts. The lawsuits argue that it is […]
by Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) – For Vatican historians, the roots of a Christian idea of religious liberty go way back: in fact, back 1,700 years to the Emperor Constantine’s victory on Rome’s Milvian Bridge and to his conversion. At a Vatican conference in late April marking the anniversary, the head of the Pontifical […]
