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Wisconsin Dispute Exposes Catholic Split On Unions

Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Wisconsin Protests, Catholic Support of Unions, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Wisconsin Unions, Conservative Catholics, Catholicism and Unions, Bishop Robert C. Morlino, Religion News

By Piet Levy Religion News Service (RNS) The fierce budget battle in Wisconsin that's pitting unions against Republican Gov. Scott Walker has also pi...

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Budget Cuts Target The Poor, Faith Groups Say

Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, World Vision, Christian Relief Organizations, Budget Cuts, Global Poverty Assistance, American Anti-Poverty Programs, What Would Jesus Cut, Government Spending, Poverty in America, Faith Groups Budget Cuts, Religion News

By G. Jeffrey MacDonald Religion News Service (RNS) Get ready for more undernourished infants, dangerously cold homes and disease-stricken communitie...

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Religious Leaders Praise New Obama Policy On Cuba

Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Obama Administration, U.S.-Cuba Relations, Cuban-American Relations, Committee on International Justice and Peace, Cuba Embargo, Obama Cuba Policy, Cuba, Religious Leaders in Cuba, Religion News

Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) Faith leaders with long-term ties to Cuban organizations are hailing a change in White House p...

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Head of Catholic Bishops Conference Backs Culture Warrior Bill Donohue

Chris Korzen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Catholic Church, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic League, William Donohue, Smithsonian Censorship, Timothy Dolan, Christianity, Archbishop Dolan, Religion News
Chris Korzen

Up until now, it's been easy to dismiss Donohue and the Catholic League as a faith-based fringe movement. But Archbishop Timothy Dolan's recent comments are cause for much deeper concern.

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Bishops Defy Tradition, Elect N.Y. Archbishop As President

Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Christianity, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Bishop Gerald Kicanas, American Catholic Leadership, Catholic Abuse Scandal, American Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Church, Catholic Sex Abuse, U.S. Catholic Bishops, Archbishop Timothy Dolan, New York Archbishop, Religion News

By Daniel Burke Religion News Service BALTIMORE (RNS) In a dramatic break with tradition, U.S. Catholic bishops on Tuesday (Nov. 16) elected New York...

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Catholic Bishops Defend Opposition To Health Care Reform

Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Catholics Health Care, Cardinal Francis George, US Conference of Catholic Bishops, Bishops Health Care, Catholics United, Abortion Health Care Coverage, Abortion Debate, Health Care Reform, Abortion Health Care Bill, Chris Korzen, Obama Administration, Obama Health Care, Catholic Oppose Healthcare, Religion News

By Daniel Burke Religion News Service BALTIMORE (RNS) The outgoing head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops vigorously defended the bishops' o...

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Will the Real Catholic Bishops Please Stand up?

Chris Korzen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Catholic Church, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Republican Party, Economy, Religion News
Chris Korzen

The fact remains that when it comes to promoting the interests of the poor, Democratic leaders advance the teachings of the church to a far greater extent than their Republican counterparts.

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Five Myths About The Catholic Vote In Election 2010

Jon O'Brien | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Catholic Church, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2010 Elections, Elections 2010, Catholic Bishops, Catholic Vote Election, Catholic Voting Abortion, Catholic Voting, Abortion Catholic, Catholic Political Views, 2010 Elections Catholics, Contraception Catholicism, Catholic Church Voting, Religion News
Jon O'Brien

As the election nears, many news outlets are repeating misinformation about what Catholics believe and what they can and should do when it comes to voting. The reality is that Catholic teachings and the views of Catholics are not closely aligned with the political priorities of the bishops.

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Weekly Pulse: The Religious Right vs. Birth Control

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Abortion, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Heritage Foundation, General Services Administration, The American Prospect, Department of Health and Human Services, RH Reality Check, Usccb, Pregnancy, Obama Administration, Kathleen Sebelius, Fema, Religious Right, Tapped, Birth Control, Colorlines, Conscience Clause, Mother Jones, Reproductive Health, Health Care Reform, Contraception, National Abstinence Education Association, Working in These Times, Anti-Choice, Pro-Choice, Health Care, Home News
The Media Consortium

Weekly Pulse: The Religious Right vs. Birth Controlby Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Does health care reform's promise of preventive car...

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It's National Healthcare Decisions Day - do you know if your decisions will be honored?

Barbara Coombs Lee | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Feeding Tube, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Living Wills, Advance Directives, Artificial Nutrition and Hydration, Catholic Health Association, Nhdd, Healthy Living News
Barbara Coombs Lee

Compassion & Choices, the nation's largest and oldest nonprofit organization working to improve care and expand choice at the end of life, today marke...

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Studies Find Patterns Of Catholic Clergy Sex Abuse

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
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The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in 2002 commissioned a series of surveys and studies on the roots of the clergy sex abuse crisis from the John...

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Why Does Congress Allow a Pedophilia-ridden Church to Control Women's Rights?

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Abortion, Contraception, Unintended Pregnancy, Pope Benedict, US Conference of Catholic Bishops, Sexual Abuse, Pedophilia, Health Reform, Child Sexual Abuse, Politics News
Jodi Jacobson

This article was originally published by RH Reality Check If you are, like me, confused about the answer to this question, please raise your hand.......

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Bishops Defend Opposition To Health Care Reform, Urge Changes

Religion News Service | By Kevin Eckstrom | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
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By Kevin Eckstrom Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) Saying their opposition to health care reform was "misinterpreted, misunderstood and misused...

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Catholic Bishops Leave Civil Rights Group After Kagan Endorsement

Religion News Service | By Daniel Burke | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
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By Daniel Burke Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) The U.S. Catholic bishops withdrew from a national civil rights coalition on Wednesday (May 19...

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What "Pro-Life" Really Means

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Abortion, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Roe v Wade, Leadership Conference of Women Religious, Catholic Nuns, Senate Health Bill Bill, Sisters of Social Science, Healthcare Reform, Sister Simone Campbell, Religion News
Andy Ostroy

Finally, a logical, practical interpretation from some in the religious community of what it truly means to be "pro-life." Kudos to the Leadership Conference of Women Religious.

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Catholics at a Moral Crossroads: Rip the Band-Aid Off!

Vinnie Rotondaro | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Sister Carol Keehan, Catholic Health Association, Bishops Healthcare, Nuns Healthcare, Carol Keehan, Nuns Health Care Reform, Christianity, Bishops Health Care Reform, Health Care, Religion News
Vinnie Rotondaro

Now is a time to challenge the bishops head on. The definition of Catholicism -- of what it means to be Catholic -- is what is at stake. Now is a time of upheaval. Dare I say war?

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The Church and the Fed: Too Big to Fail?

Fred Rotondaro | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal, Bishop of Providence, Federal Reserve, Catholic Nuns, U.S. Bishops, Christianity, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, The Fed, Nuns Health Care, Religion News
Fred Rotondaro

Bishops and Fed officials may think they are beyond examination. But for the good of the organizations themselves, the rest of us need to bring them to earth and demand accountability.

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Bishops and Pawns

Katherine Spillar | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Health Care Reform, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Separation of Church and State, Politics News
Katherine Spillar

As health care reform was being debated yesterday at the White House between Democrats and Republicans, who better to weigh in than ... Catholic bisho...

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Bishops vs. Patients' Rights

Barbara Coombs Lee | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services, Terri Schiavo, Feeding Tube, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, End of Life Care, Advance Directives, Catholic Health Association, Alzheimer's, Compassion & Choices, Health Care, Healthy Living News
Barbara Coombs Lee

I have written how recent changes to Ethical and Religious Directive (ERD) Number 58 compel Catholic hospitals and nursing homes to either disregard y...

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Pope vs. Doctors: How New Vatican Orthodoxy Undermines Medical Ethics and Imperils Your Health

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Directive 58, Abortion, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Philadelphia, Sterilization, Law, Right to Privacy, Assisted Suicide, Abortion Rights, Catholic Bishops, Pennsylvania, Euthanasia, Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Francis George, Catholic Church, Religion, Liberty, Human Rights, The Vatican, Pluralism, Freedom, Ethics, Hospitals, Contraception, Morality, Doctors, Birth Control, Condoms, Bioethics, Pope, Medicine, Politics News
Jacob M. Appel

By challenging this longstanding system of benign neglect, bishops and zealots may believe they will achieve ideological purity. What they are actually doing is jeopardizing Catholic hospitals and public health.

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Do Catholic Bishops Run the United States Government?

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Abortion, Hyde-Amendment, US Conference of Catholic Bishops, Health Reform, Health Care, Stupak, Politics News
Jodi Jacobson

On Saturday, with the aide of some 60 Democrats, women's rights were effectively negated by the US Congress as the House passed the Stupak amendment ...

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The Bishops' "Dixi"-Land Ban: Abortion and the Catholic Church

Reproductive Justice | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Emergency Contraception, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Contraception, Conscience Clause, Catholic Bishops, Family Planning, Obama Health Care, Politics News
Reproductive Justice

Catholic leaders know they have not persuaded one another, the public, or their own laity, to agree that contraception is evil. The belief that contraception is intrinsically evil, though sincere, does not make it true.

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Why The Catholic Bishops Matter on Health Care Reform

Steven Waldman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Catholic Church, Catholics, Abortion, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Obama Health Care, Politics News
Steven Waldman

While some have chided me for caring too much about what the Bishops think, Bishops matter a great deal politically when it comes to the abortion-and-health care debate.

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U.S. Jews Protest Catholic Document On Salvation

AP | RACHEL ZOLL | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Religion, Jews, U.S. Bishops, Covenant and Mission, Orthodox Judaism, Catholicism, Catholics, Statement on Salvation, American Jewish Committee, Roman Catholic, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Anti-Defamation League, Judaism, Pope, Home News

NEW YORK — Major Jewish groups and rabbis from the three largest branches of American Judaism said Thursday that their relationship with Roman C...

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Biden "Jesus Christ" Called "Hate Speech" By Conservative

The Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Islam, Southern Baptist Convention, Joe Biden, Iran, United Methodist Church, Mark Tapscott, Presbyterian Church, Religion, Nuclear Weapons, Conservatives, Jesus Christ, Christianity, Vladimir Putin, Muslims, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Political Correctness, Vice President Joe Biden, Politics News

Mark Tapscott, the editorial page editor of the conservative Washington Examiner, has nothing but fire and brimstone for Joe Biden. In an op-ed last ...

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