The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court apparently seem divided over a case involving The Little Sisters of the Poor which concerns a Trump administration ruling allowing religious employer exemptions for contraceptive coverage in health plans.
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When perpetual adoration takes on a new meaning
I visualized the monstrance standing still and silent within the closed tabernacle.
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After 11 deaths at residence, Little Sisters report signs of improvement
More than 60 people live at the nonprofit continuing-care retirement community run by the Little Sisters, including 40 residents in nursing units.
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Sisters’ work during 1918 flu epidemic seen as model for crisis today
Throughout the United States, thousands of women religious took on nursing duties in hospitals or clinics and went into private homes to offer food, medicine, comfort and even housecleaning to families affected by the Spanish flu.
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In ‘Sister,’ state retribution is no match for Helen Prejean
To its benefit, “Sister,” directed by Joe Cardona and José L. Vázquez, does not focus exclusively on Sister Helen’s work against the death penalty but also discusses her early life and spiritual formation.
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The black Catholic nun every American should know
When Anne Marie Becraft established her school in the midst of the nation’s and the church’s slaveholding elite, she powerfully declared that the lives of black people, especially women and girls, mattered.
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The Great Maryknoll Post Office Robbery of 1964
How a tiny U.S. Post Office in Ossining, N.Y., became the site of a caper for the ages.
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‘The Nun’s Story’: Revisiting Audrey Hepburn’s most overlooked film
One of Audrey Hepburn’s most compelling films—1959’s “The Nun’s Story,” directed by Fred Zinnemann—is also one of her most overlooked.
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The Catholic Hospital That Pioneered AIDS Care
Saint Vincent’s made a habit of serving people on the margins.
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Supreme Court to reexamine contraceptive mandate for religious employers
In 2013, religious groups and houses of worship were granted a religious exemption by the Supreme Court from the government’s mandate in the Affordable Care Act to include coverage of contraceptives and abortion-inducing drugs in their employee health plan.