By Patricia Zapor BALTIMORE (CNS) – Acknowledging that families come with complications, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) reminded his fellow bishops that their role is to accompany their family of the Church through their fears and concerns. “Evangelizing means witnessing to our hope in Jesus,” said Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz […]
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Liturgy Items Dominate Bishops’ Slate
WASHINGTON (CNS) – Liturgical matters will take center stage on the agenda of action items at the fall general meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), to be held Nov. 10-13 in Baltimore.
Muslims Condemn Atrocities of Islamic State Terrorists
Muslims worldwide have been speaking out to protest atrocities in the Middle East as well as the ideology of the Islamic State, according to a leading Catholic interreligious leader.
Solidarity in the Workplace
Each year, prior to Labor Day, the USCCB Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development issues a statement that comments on the present situation of labor in our Nation.
Pope’s Holy Land Visit Continues the Dialogue
The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and the primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in America welcomed the May 25 meeting between Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Jerusalem.
HHS Secretary Addresses Religious Liberty Issue
by Jennifer Brinker ST. LOUIS (CNS) – During a visit to St. Louis, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius addressed the ongoing issue of religious liberty and the implications the Affordable Care Act and its contraceptive mandate present to business owners who have moral objections to the mandate. Sebelius was […]
Bishops: Catholic Health Agency ‘Less Than Helpful’
by Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) – The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) said the Catholic Health Association’s (CHA) acceptance of rules governing women’s access to contraceptive coverage under the Affordable Care Act was “less than helpful” to the bishops’ effort to seek changes in the mandate. “We have not, ourselves as […]
It’s OK as Tax
by Nancy Frazier O’Brien WASHINGTON (CNS) – The U.S. Supreme Court’s June 28 decision upholding the health reform law makes it even more urgent for Congress to act to fix the law’s “fundamental flaws” on abortion funding, conscience protection and immigrants’ access to health care, the U.S. bishops said. The court found that although the […]