The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has launched a national program aimed at encouraging the faithful to take a stand against a recent decision by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to require all private health plans to include coverage for contraception, sterilization, and related "patient education and counseling" services for women.
For Reflection: St. Anthony of Padua lived in the 13th century. How did a tower defend a camp in that time? What image does this conjure in my imagination regarding humility and chastity? How am I working to cultivate the virtue of humility?
The U.S. Supreme Court handed a major victory to a Catholic group at the University of Wisconsin when it determined that funding such groups does not violate the separation of church and state.
In a country that values religious freedom as much as the right to vote and bear arms, national outrage is growing over a California couple who was fined by the city of San Juan Capistrano for holding Bible studies and religious gatherings in their home.
For Reflection: What do I see as the connection between purity and humility? Do I exhibit pride by placing myself in the near occasion of sin? In what ways? I will confess my pride at the next opportunity.
Researchers are reporting an increase in child abuse, mostly in infants, during the recession, which raises new concerns about the impact the nation's struggling economy is having on the population.
In response to bioethicists who are offering thousands of dollars in prize money to anyone who can prove the controversial Gardasil vaccine injures girls, a group of mothers whose daughters were injured by the vaccine are challenging the experts to "put your science where your wallet is."
During an appearance in Princeton, New Jersey last week, a 77 year-old Gloria Steinem told the audience “There is no organization in this country or the world that is more important than Planned Parenthood.”
For Reflection: Which one wound of Our Lord speaks most to my heart? How can meditation on this wound help me to fight off all of the temptations that assail me?
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