“The Catholic Church remains committed to ensuring the fundamental right to medical care, a right which is in keeping with the God-given dignity of every person, and the corresponding obligation as a country to provide for this right.”
US Church
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Supreme Court sides with religious hospitals in pension dispute
The hospitals—two with Catholic affiliation and one with Lutheran ties—had argued that their pensions are “church plans” that are exempt from the law and have been treated as such for decades by federal officials.
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Catholic farmer ousted from Michigan market over same-sex marriage views
A Catholic farmer in Michigan is suing the city of East Lansing after he was barred from a municipal farmers market over his views on same-sex marriage.
Posted inFaith, Your Take
Shushed, scolded, and welcomed: Our readers tell us how kids are treated in their parishes
Seventy-two percent of our reader sample told America that, for good or ill, the way their children were welcomed had a critical effect on their own relationship with their parish.
Posted inEditorials, Faith
A lesson from Pope Francis: Evangelizing through pastoral accompaniment
Even though it is no longer a surprise, Pope Francis still makes news with his direct pastoral ministry, as he did in May, going door-to-door to bless homes in a public housing complex in the Roman suburbs.
Posted inFaith, Video
A farewell Mass for Ringling Brothers
As the “Greatest Show on Earth” performs its last show, performers gather for a special Catholic Mass.
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U.S. bishops and Trump administration diverge over budget priorities
The budget’s moral measure will be assessed by “how well it promotes the common good of all,” the bishops write.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
In California, prison chaplains wanted—and wanting
Given the number of those in the California legal system today who are Latino, “you can guess a large percentage of them are Catholic.”
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Immigration, religious freedom and the next synod are on the agenda for the U.S. bishops meeting
The bishops’ spring assembly will include discussions ranging from immigration to religious freedom, as well as the Synod of Bishops on youth.
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Bishops to Congress: Decrease military spending and focus on the poor
Decrease military spending and help the poor, said the U.S. bishops in a May 19 letter addressed to Congress, before lawmakers prepare to work on the federal budget for the upcoming 2018 fiscal year.