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Obama’s “Compromise”: Deciding Who Gets Religious Freedom

by Matthew J. Franck on February 12, 2013 · 2 comments

After nearly a year, the Obama administration released, on February 1, its latest version of a “compromise” with the employers who object, on religious grounds, to the Health and Human Services (HHS) mandate that their health plans cover no-cost access…

Faith Under Fire : Hobby Lobby and Tyndale Make a Stand

by Gail Finke on November 30, 2012 · 1 comment

Editor’s Note: Catholic Exchange proudly introduces its newest series, Faith Under Fire. The aim of this series will be to track and highlight instances where the Church and the State collide–instances that we at Catholic Exchange believe are on the…

Religious Persecution Officially Begins

by The Cardinal Newman Society Staff on August 2, 2012 · 16 comments

The Cardinal Newman Society, a national organization to help renew and strengthen Catholic identity in Catholic higher education, issued the following statement:
August 1, 2012, marks the formal beginning of the persecution of Catholic colleges and universities that wish to…

To Women: A Call to Arms

by Peggy Haslar on July 30, 2012 · 5 comments

It’s understandable that advocates of the Obama administration’s HHS mandate framed opposition to coerced coverage of abortifacients as a “war” on women:  mobilizing a coveted group of voters is good politics. Mandate fans even brought their their red “Stop the…

How Will the Church Respond to the Mandate?

by Paul Wilson July 9, 2012

The recent Supreme Court decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act (commonly termed Obamacare) quashed the hopes of faithful Catholics that the Obama administration’s contraception mandate would be immediately repealed by the Supreme Court. The Catholic Church and the Obama…

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Liberty for the Church

by Fr. George W. Rutler June 25, 2012

That the film about the Cristero Rebellion, For Greater Glory, has been news to many highlights the appalling ignorance of history in our culture. That isolation from the human experience has made it easy to confuse conscience with emotion and…

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Your Body: It’s God Versus the World

by Pam Stenzel February 29, 2012

We live in a society obsessed with sex. We cannot turn on our radios or televisions, head out to the movies or even pick up a newspaper without being confronted with sex.  In an age of too much information, does…

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ObamaCare Mandate Solely the President’s Decision

by Fr. Michael P. Orsi February 10, 2012

The decision of the Obama Administration to force Catholic institutions to provide health care plans for their employees covering contraceptives, abortifacients and sterilizations, according to an anonymous White House official, was solely the President’s. The source said that Mr. Obama…

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Rick Santorum, the Media’s “Extremist”

by Dr. Paul Kengor February 10, 2012

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The Obama Mandate to Catholics: Where’s Notre Dame?

by Dr. Paul Kengor February 9, 2012

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