It is nice to be able to write now about the new health care reform law as opposed to the health care reform bill With President Obama rsquo s signature we are now irrevocably on a path to universal access to health coverage Sr Carol Keehan received one of the twenty pens Obama used to sign

Sure Jesus multipled the loaves and fishes but he kept the fare at the Last Supper pretty simple Artists it turns out haven t had the same level of restraint Reuters reported that according to a recent study the size of the main meal in artists depictions of the Last Supper over the past 1 0

I nbsp can think of no modern churchman who deserves the title quot saint quot more than Oscar nbsp Arnulfo Romero the martyred archbishop of San Salvador who was assassinated 30 years ago today nbsp He was the first bishop martyred while celebrating Mass since the time of St Thomas of Be

What should the Obama administration and congressional leaders push next now that they have won the health care debate Finance reform passed a Senate panel yesterday and it is undoubtedly needed but the bill passed on a straight party-line vote and finance reform is another highly complicated is

Some onlookers might find it problematic or even scandalous that a group of nuns supported the current health care reform bill whereas the U S Catholic bishops opposed it in pursuit of stronger protections against the possibility of abortion coverage and worried about costs Some news reports seeme

The USCCB nbsp has sent over the text of the bishops response to the recently passed healthcare legislation For nearly a century the Catholic bishops of the United States have called for reform of our health care system so that all may have access to the care that recognizes and affirms their hum