A “thicker conception” of the common good is needed and is precisely what Catholic social teaching can contribute to the public conversation.
Health Care
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Supreme Court rejects appeals to lift restrictions on congregation size
The church had argued that California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s reopening orders violated the Constitution because they placed fewer restrictions on some secular businesses than they did on houses of worship.
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Most Americans support universal health care. But can it actually happen?
How to expand health coverage while containing costs is one of the great unanswered questions in American politics.
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Sister Carol Keehan: How the pandemic could reshape the U.S. health care system
We can no longer tolerate the serious problems that result from a broken and fragmented health care financing system.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
All hospitals want to save lives. Should they also be seeking to save ‘life years’?
The ethical problem with talking about ‘expected life years’
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Amid joy as Bethlehem reopens, Christians have uncertainty about future
For the first time in over two months, the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem reopens, despite the uncertainty some people still have about the effects of the pandemic on public health and the local economy.
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Bioethics center: U.K. elderly death rate greatest failure of pandemic
The Oxford-based Anscombe Bioethics Centre said an “ageist bias” in the attitudes of policymakers toward the needs of care home residents and staff had led them to prioritize the care of younger and healthier patients over the elderly.
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Pro-lifers say Planned Parenthood must return $80 million in PPP funds
Pro-Life organizations are taking exception to the fact that Planned Parenthood affiliates have been recipients of funds under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act.
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As pressure builds to reopen churches, can local governments keep them closed?
The Trump administration is permitting state and local governments to exert their traditional power to draft and enforce health and safety regulations. This has led to a variety of responses across the country and even within the same state.
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How the coronavirus can help us reclaim the virtues of self-sacrifice and prudence
How we choose to behave during the Covid-19 pandemic reveals who we are and whom we want to be, writes Michael Rozier, S.J. It is a time to rediscover true virtues.