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Trump administration expands exemptions on contraceptive mandate

By Carol Zimmermann
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration Oct. 6 issued interim rules expanding the exemption to the contraceptive mandate for religious employers, such as the Little Sisters of the Poor, who object on moral grounds to covering contraceptive and abortion-inducing drugs and devices in their employee health insurance.   The contraceptive mandate was put in place by […]
Global

Congressman says inaction on aid to those suffering in Iraq unconscionable

By Kurt Jensen
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, blasted unnamed “career staff” at the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development for inaction that he said will lead to further genocide of Christians, Yezidis and other religious minorities in Iraq at the hands of Islamic State militants.   He said that IS militants […]
Local

Be not afraid, we’re all in this together

By Sr. Constance Veit

Each October we observe Respect Life Month in dioceses around the United States. This year’s theme is “Be Not Afraid,” but of what, or whom, are we supposed to not be afraid?

 

Columns

Diocesan parishes are ready for the V Encuentro

By Fr. José Eugenio Hoyos

One of the reasons and objectives of the V Encuentro Nacional de Pastoral Hispana, an initiative of the bishops of the United States, is to encourage the Catholic faithful to listen with deep attention to the needs, challenges and aspirations that the growing Hispanic population faces in their daily lives. 

Columnists

Hurricane Harvey and the kayaking priest

By Christina Capecchi
Hurricane Harvey stranded Father David Bergeron in his pick-up truck the night it ripped through Houston. The 38-year-old priest had been visiting his brother and had to pull over on an overpass three miles from his home in the flood-ravaged southeast side.   He couldn’t make it any farther or go back, so he curled […]
Columnists

What does ‘America first’ mean?

By Russell Shaw
A few weeks back I woke up one morning to the news that 200 U.S. troops were participating in war games with the Egyptian army. My immediate, unpremeditated reaction was: Good grief — Egypt. What next?   A little checking soon showed me that those 200 American soldiers were simply reviving — on a small […]

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