Bishop Tobin Asks Kennedy: What Does It Mean to Be Catholic?
Posted by Tim Drake
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 11:54 AM
When Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., originally attacked the Church’s position with regard to the proposed health-care reform bill, Diocese of Providence, R.I., Bishop Thomas Tobin responded and the two agreed to meet.
Congressman Kennedy voted against the Stupak amendment, which barred the use of federal funding for abortion in the House’s health-care reform bill. Kennedy responded that... READ MORE
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House Passes Health-Care Bill, So What's a Catholic to Do?
Posted by Tim Drake
Monday, November 09, 2009 12:53 PM
After Saturday’s passage in the U.S. House of the health-care reform bill, highlighted by the amendment prohibiting federal funding for abortion, what’s a Catholic to do?
It’s being seen as a victory for pro-life advocates who worked to ban federal funding for abortion in the legislation, but observers wonder whether the bill will retain the amendment as it goes through the Senate. The... READ MORE
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Planned Parenthood Takes on the Bishops
Posted by Tim Drake
Thursday, November 05, 2009 4:57 AM
Last Wednesday, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops began an unprecedented campaign encouraging all Catholics to oppose health-care reform that includes abortion funding.
In response, Planned Parenthood Federation’s president, Cecile Richards, has said that the bishops don’t represent all Catholics and is recruiting Catholics to contact their legislators to support the current health-care... READ MORE
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Rep. Kennedy vs. the Church
Posted by Tim Drake
Saturday, October 24, 2009 6:18 AM
Debate continues to rage over abortion coverage in all of the health-care reform bills. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has made it clear that they cannot and will not support any proposal that includes abortion coverage.
Responding to the bishops, Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., recently slammed the Church, saying that it was fanning “the flames of dissent and discord” by opposing the... READ MORE
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Catholic Vote Action Creates Health-Care Spoof Video
Posted by Tim Drake
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 11:48 AM
With the health-care reform debate continuing to rage, CatholicVote — the people who brought some of the election’s most stunning viral videos — have created a separate organization capable of lobbying.
That independent effort is known as Catholic Vote Action. Unlike CatholicVote.org, Catholic Vote Action is able to spend 100% of its resources lobbying Congress.
In response to the... READ MORE
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U.S. Bishops Reject All Current Health-Care Bills
Posted by Tim Drake
Wednesday, October 07, 2009 10:47 AM
As the Senate Finance Committee prepares to vote on health-care legislation, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has made it known that none of the existing bills are adequate. All of them include abortion funding.
“So far, the health-reform bills considered in committee … have not met President Obama’s challenge of barring use of federal dollars for abortion and maintaining current... READ MORE
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First Pastoral Letter on Health Care Released
Posted by Tim Drake
Tuesday, September 01, 2009 3:56 PM
Over the weekend, I had the opportunity to speak with Kansas City-St. Joseph, Mo., Bishop Robert Finn, who told me that he and Kansas City, Kan., Archbishop Joseph Naumann were releasing a pastoral letter on health-care reform.
That pastoral letter was released today, and it can be read in its entirety at the The Catholic Key blog. It’s encouraging to see that a rising number of U.S. bishops are... READ MORE
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