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The current National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street Hospital in Dublin
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Rhona Tarrant
The fact that the government handed ownership of a new $330 million state hospital to a religious order has led to a national debate over the continued involvement of the Catholic Church in Ireland’s health care system.
U.S. President Donald Trump talks to journalists in the Oval Office at the White House on March 24 after the American Health Care Act was pulled before a vote. (CNS photo/Carlos Barria, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyIn All Things
Kevin Clarke
Predictably Mr. Trump has also clashed with the Catholic Church and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on many of the policies he has promoted during his first 100 days.
Politics & SocietyNews
Kevin Clarke
Catholic healthcare leaders continue to denounce GOP efforts to “reform and repeal” the Affordable Care Act.
Women religious gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on March 23, the day the high court heard oral arguments in religious groups' suit against the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive mandate. (CNS photo/Jim Lo Scalzo, EPA) 
Politics & SocietyNews
Carol Zimmermann - Catholic News Service
A year after the Supreme Court returned their cases to lower courts, those fighting Obamacare's contraception requirement still do not have a direction.
Angelica Italiano and Brighid Imperiale, first-year students at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, screen patients on March 5 at St. Patrick Parish's church hall in Norristown, Pa. (CNS photo/Sarah Webb, CatholicPhilly)
Politics & SocietyNews
Gina Christian - Catholic News Service
St. Patrick Parish in Norristown is working to change the healthcare situation with help from local clinicians, volunteers—and Our Lady of Guadalupe.
MagazineYour Take
Our readers
Many readers who thought health care reform should include universal coverage commented that, as Catholics, they think health care should address their concern for every human life.