HHS ruling

Follow the HHS Decision Live Right Now!

by CE Editor June 28, 2012

On Thursday, June 28, the Supreme Court will make its final ruling on Obamacare. In order to help Catholic Exchange readers know what the ruling is in real time, we are providing a link to Scotusblog, which features a live…

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On the Eve of the HHS Ruling: Fighting For Souls

by Fr. Don Siciliano June 27, 2012

Editor’s note: Although the following is a homily given on the recent Feast of St. John the Baptist’s Nativity, the staff of Catholic Exchange agreed that on account of its stirring call to all Catholics to stand up for religious…

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Religious Liberty: Our Birthright

by Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. June 26, 2012

Editor’s Note: the following address was given to Catholic journalists by Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia on June 20th, 2012, originally entitled “Launching the Fortnight For Freedom.”
I’ve known Greg Erlandson as a friend for many…

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Obamacare Mandate in Deep Trouble

by Keith Koffler March 28, 2012

The Obamacare health insurance mandate appears to be teetering on the edge of being struck down by the Supreme Court, as the only potential swing justices – Anthony Kennedy and Chief Justice John Roberts – expressed deep skepticism that the…

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The Real Mandate

by Dan Spencer March 16, 2012

As the HHS mandate continues to ring alarm bells and engender ridiculous and bogus efforts like Sandra Fluke and the “war on women” by politicians, there is another mandate that might perhaps be of a more challenging nature-the mandate of…

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Do They Know Who They’re Messing With?

by David Catron March 16, 2012

During a recent conversation about the HHS anti-conscience mandate, a friend who is neither Catholic nor particularly religious asked the following rhetorical question about the Obama administration:
Do these people know who they’re messing with?
Her point, of course, was…

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Debunking Obama’s Myths About Catholics and Contraception

by Sheila Liaugminas March 15, 2012

“This isn’t about Catholics or contraception. This is about the government coercing religious institutions to violate their own beliefs.”
So clarifies the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty in their feature ‘The Truth Should Not Be A Secret’. It aims to…

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Does Nancy Pelosi Speak for All U.S. Women?

by Sheila Liaugminas March 14, 2012

Women are showing up in greater numbers  in media and the public forum to say the HHS, Kathleen Sebelius, Planned Parenthood, Cecile Richards, and Nancy Pelosi crowd don’t speak for them.
Women like Cathy Cleaver Ruse and Colleen Carroll Campbell:…

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Obama VS. Religious Freedom–Don’t Let the Point Get Lost!

by Russell Shaw March 12, 2012

In determining to fight President Obama’s famous—or should I say infamous?—contraception mandate, the American bishops, I suspect, were devoutly hoping two things would not happen. The first undesired outcome was that the issue would become politicized. The second was that…

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Why the State Must Respect Your Conscience

by Stephanie A. Mann March 6, 2012

As the U.S. Catholic Bishops, various Catholic and Christian organizations, media pundit, and members of Congress debate the issues of religious liberty and the HHS mandates, one word is bandied about: conscience. Sometimes its use indicates that the speaker has…

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