U.S. bishops are pressing for a place at the table in White House discussions to modify the contentious HHS mandate, a prospect that has become even more important as new polls show dwindling support for the mandate among the general public.
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Democratic Party officials were forced to take down an American flag with an image of President Obama in place of the stars when confronted by irate local veterans.
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Kathleen Sebelius introduced the next big scandal over ObamaCare on Monday night when she announced that the Department of Health and Human Services released a final decree concerning a troubling add-on in the individual mandate section of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act which will now require all Americans to pay for abortions.
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“It is through serving God faithfully that man becomes the beneficiary of his Creator’s mercy.”
For Reflection:
In what ways do I serve God faithfully? Where do I need to become more diligent in my service?
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann,OCDSThe Washington Post, the same newspaper that gave lesbian Barbara Johnson front-page headlines after a priest denied her communion, is now trying to justify the fact that she is also a Buddhist.
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A new paper by Matthew Liao, professor of philosophy and bioethics at New York University, is suggesting that mankind consider human engineering to combat climate change, such as genetically engineering smaller and "less resource-intensive" children and regulating family size according to fixed allocations of greenhouse gas emissions.
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“We desire God’s favors for our own individual gain, and not for our advancement in virtue and the consequent glorification of their divine Donor. Mary’s self-renunciation should teach us how to overcome this deadly vice, even though the price of victory is for us, as it was for her, moral crucifixion.”
For Reflection: Define what you think is meant by “moral crucifixion.” How was this so for Mary in her self-renunciation? How has this been so for you in the passages of your life? Do I truly want to be victorious?
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An example of how the mainstreaming of homosexuality forces Christians to the sidelines of society is happening in Europe right now as the UK government plans to oppose two women who are fighting for the right to wear crosses at work, an issue that arose as a result of new "human rights" laws.
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The latest statistics released by the Vatican show that the number of Catholics in the world increased by 15 million in 2010, as did the number of priests and deacons.
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A resolution has been introduced by Rep. Walter B. Jones, Jr., (R-NC) declaring that President Obama used offensive military force without authorization from Congress that that such an action is "an impeachable high crime and misdemeanor."
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