Thank you, priests, for your service, sacrifices
By Archbishop John C. Nienstedt
Thursday, 01 July 2010
On June 11, this past month, our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, invited priests from all over the world to a eucharistic celebration marking the end of the Year for Priests and the designation of St. John Vianney as “Patron of [...]
The following is a brief update on several public policy developments receiving the attention of the Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities.
1. H.R. 5111 (Pitts/Lipinski bill): Fixing life and conscience problems in the new health care law
The bill (H.R. 5111) now has 109 sponsors, including 12 Democrats. Two sponsors, one from each party — Dan Lipinski (D-IL) and [...]
Cooperation among governments in region, economic development key factors
U.S. should afford legal protection to foreign workers
WASHINGTON—Participants at the Catholic bishops’ Regional Consultation on Migration in Washington, June 2-4 issued a joint statement calling for protection, hospitality, service and justice to immigrants throughout the hemisphere.
The bishops called attention to several issues that should be addressed [...]
Act Applies Hyde Amendment to New Funds
Fixing Health Care a Legislative Goal of U.S. Bishops
WASHINGTON—Congress should support a bipartisan bill that will remedy the abortion and conscience flaws in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), according to the Chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities. In a May 20 letter to [...]
Bishop Murphy, Chairman of the USCCB Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, wrote a recent letter to Congress that urged funding of the National Housing Trust Fund.
Affordable housing advocates are organizing a national effort to urge Members of Congress to appropriate $1 billion for the housing trust fund in “must-pass” legislation. Please take a few short moments to read the Action [...]
Urgent: A Call to Prayer, Conversation, and Action
April 16-18th
Following the leadership of the six Lutheran Bishops (ELCA) in Minnesota, and with the endorsement of the Minnesota Catholic Bishops, JRLC adds our call for an interfaith weekend of Prayer, Conversation and Action the weekend of April 16-18. Full description and resources here. Please find some way [...]
Presidents Obama and Medvedev signed a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) on April 8, 2010. The signing of the New START Treaty will generate public debate and offers an opportunity to study and act on Catholic social teaching on nuclear weapons.
The New START Treaty: reduces deployed strategic nuclear warheads to 1,550, 30 percent below [...]
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, [...]
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