Saint Paul – In a February 18, 2010 letter to members of the Minnesota House of Representatives, the Minnesota Catholic bishops urged lawmakers to support a reformed General Assistance Medical Care (GAMC) program that “not only guarantees accessible and quality care to our neighbors with the greatest needs, but does so in a way that [...]
WASHINGTON—In a letter to three Cabinet secretaries February 4, the heads of five major Catholic agencies serving Haitian earthquake victims outlined steps that should be taken to ensure the protection of unaccompanied Haitian childrenin the aftermath of the January 12th earthquake.
The leaders of Migration and Refugee Services of the United States Conference of Catholic [...]
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Three leading U.S. bishops called on members of Congress Jan. 26 to “set aside partisan divisions and special-interest pressures” to achieve genuine health reform.
“The health care debate, with all its political and ideological conflict, seems to have lost its central moral focus and policy priority, which is to ensure that affordable, [...]
The Catholic community in the United States is responding immediately to the people of Haiti where a massive earthquake struck near the capital of Port-au-Prince on Tuesday. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and was still recovering from deadly 2008 hurricanes when the quake struck. It is difficult to absorb the misery [...]
The Church mourns the terrible suffering of the people of Haiti, and parishes across the country are urged to take up a special collection the weekend of January 16-17 for the humanitarian efforts of the U.S. bishops and Catholic Relief Service (CRS) in Haiti, according to a January 13 letter to Catholic bishops of the [...]
The House and Senate have begun discussing how to meld their respective health care reform bills into a final bill. The bishops continue to advocate that the moral criteria to 1) maintain current conscience protections and prohibition on federal funding for abortions and abortion coverage; 2) provide adequate and affordable coverage for all people, especially the [...]
WASHINGTON—“The Senate vote to table the Nelson-Hatch-Casey amendment is a grave mistake and a serious blow to genuine health care reform,” said Cardinal Francis George, President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. “The Senate is ignoring the promise made by President Obama and the will of the American people in failing to incorporate [...]
The USCCB has written a letter regarding health care to the U.S. Senate. Bishop William F. Murphy, Chairman of the Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development; Cardinal Daniel DiNardi, Chairman of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities; and Bishop John Wester, Chairman of the Committee on Migration; worked together to present to the Senate what a health [...]
BALTIMORE—The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) approved a pastoral letter on marriage, a document on reproductive technologies, and a proposed revision to the directives that guide Catholic health care services on November 17, the second day of their 2009 Fall General Assembly.
“Marriage: Life and Love in the Divine Plan,” the foundational document [...]
In the final hours of negotiating the House Health Care Bill, the Stupak amendment, which was fully supported by the USCCB, was passed. Bishop William Murphy and Cardinal Justin Rigali wrote a letter to the House of Representatives thanking them for the addition of this ammendment while also cautioning that the rights of immigrants also need to [...]
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