The Health Care-Abortion Issue: An Open Letter To The Catholic Bishops
Dear Bishops: In our struggle to get health care for all, you saw an opportunity to make sure that American women can't afford abortions, a way to be the deciders for all of us.
Dear Bishops: In our struggle to get health care for all, you saw an opportunity to make sure that American women can't afford abortions, a way to be the deciders for all of us.
Reproductive Justice | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics
Have you had enough of Democrats that you elect selling you down the river? Are you angry enough?
Donna Schaper | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living
The Stupak amendment joins Joe Lieberman in breaking my heart. It is not a political matter for me. It is an insult, an affront, a stupidity, and a knife in my back.
Jane Hamsher | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics
Democrats in Congress have just proudly signed a deal that allows a bunch of old men who have spent the better part of the last century avoiding their own sexual issues to dictate access to abortion services.
BBC NEWS | Posted 10.23.2009 | World
The head of Kenya's Anglican Church, Archbishop Eliud Wabukala, has rejected the Pope's offer to allow disaffected Anglicans to join the Catholic Chur...
Steven Waldman | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics
Forgive my theological oversimplification but the health care message needs a bit less Jesus and a bit more Moses
Art Levine | Posted 07.23.2009 | Business
The union movement enlisted a powerful ally in its drive for workers' rights: the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, following the guidance of, yes, the Pope.
Lynn M. Paltrow | Posted 06.15.2009 | Politics
Notre Dame should be praised for inviting a speaker, President Obama, who is committed to promoting a true culture of life -- one that includes and values the women who give that life.
Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics
As an American Catholic, I find these actions by the Hierarchy and "conservative" elements within the laity to be more than a little disturbing.
AP | ERIC GORSKI | Posted 06.03.2009 | Politics
This coming week, Bishop Thomas Wenski of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orlando, Fla., will take the unusual step of celebrating a Mass of Reparation,...
Jim Wallis | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics
"Without justice, what are kingdoms but bands of robbers?" - St Augustine. I was surprised when Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) opened up his remarks before ...
Valerie Tarico | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics