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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Abortion Fight Dominates House Vote
Posted by The Editors
Wednesday, November 04, 2009 4:33 PM
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on the massive health-care reform bill this weekend. Here is Register correspondent Rich Daly’s latest look at the legislation and efforts to ensure that the federal government will not be spending tax dollars on elective abortions.
Abortion Fight Dominates House Vote
By Rich Daly
Register Correspondent
WASHINGTON — A fast-moving... READ MORE
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Bishops Weigh In
Posted by The Editors
Friday, October 30, 2009 3:31 PM
Not long after Nancy Pelosi unveiled the 1,990-page House health-care reform bill Oct. 29, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued an urgent call to arms.
The House bill, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, contains provisions for the public funding of abortions under a new health-care delivery and financing scheme in America. All Americans will pay for other people’s abortions,... READ MORE
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Another Kind of ‘Public Option’
Posted by The Editors
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 2:58 PM
While members of Congress continue to debate whether to include a “public option” health-care plan in a national health system, the Catholic Medical Association has called for a “reset” of the entire effort.
The CMA, meeting in Springfield, Ill., for their 78th annual general assembly, issued a resolution Oct. 23 calling on Congress to “begin the process anew.”
One of the things the... READ MORE
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