The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has confirmed that it is once again holding hearings on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), a treaty that strips away the rights of parents of children with disabilities.
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The Cardinal Newman Society has discovered that the National Catholic Education Association (NCEA) was granted more than $100,000 by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to support implementation of the controversial Common Core standards in diocesan schools.
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Archbishop Carlo Vigano, apostolic nuncio to the U.S., has written a letter advising all U.S. bishops that Catholics "are not permitted" to participate in any meeting which assumes that the alleged Marian apparitions taking place in Medjugorje are credible.
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A group of Catholic scholars has taken the extraordinary step of writing to all U.S. bishops asking them to withdraw their schools from the "deeply flawed" Common Core curriculum.
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Contrary to recent media reports, the questionnaire presented by Pope Francis to Catholics worldwide seeking their opinions on pastoral challenges to the family, such as those involving divorce and same-sex marriage, is not an opinion poll but a preparatory document for next year's Synod of Bishops on the Family.
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The administration of newly elected New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will be challenged in their next term by a new lawsuit filed by a couple who claims the law prohibiting conversion therapy for their 15 year-old son is a violation of their constitutional rights.
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Ever since the announcement that Pope Francis will hold a consistory in February to name new Cardinals, rumors have circulated that a woman could be among the list of new Cardinals because ordination is not required for this position.
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The U.S. Senate is about to vote on a controversial new law that will penalize employers for refusing to hire workers due to sexual orientation or gender identity, which critics say will pose all kinds of problems in the workplace, not least of which is trampling the religious freedom rights of employers.
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Cardinal Sean O'Malley, chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities wrote to members of the House of Representatives to support the "Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act" (H.R. 3279), to address one part of the abortion-related problem in the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
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A federal court has rendered an important although partial victory in another case concerning Christian employers who believe the controversial birth control mandate places a substantial burden on the free exercise of their religion.
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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has confirmed that it is once again holding hearings on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), a treaty that strips away the rights of parents of children with disabilities.
