Does religious freedom report need more ‘teeth’?
The State Department's report leaves out a list of countries actively suppressing religious freedom, or not doing enough to protect it.
Politics
Bishops step into election fray with focus on abortion, same-sex marriage
With elections weeks away, several bishops have become unabashedly vocal in highlighting the issues they think should determine Catholics' votes.
CatholicVote.org joins fall election push
While candidates hit the road, political groups and committees, including CatholicVote.org, will ramp up the fight to push their politicians into office.
Editorial: Congress' ideological battle hurts the neediest
We say: The rush for ideological purity in the Republican-controlled House has become so noxious it threatens the most basic safety net programs for our neediest citizens.
Simone Campbell tells Paul Ryan to fund aid programs
Failure of the U.S. Congress to pass funding for nutritional aid programs for those facing poverty is "wrong morally," a key Catholic sister told the House's Budget Committee Wednesday.
Social Service Sr. Simone Campbell, head of the Catholic lobbying group NETWORK, was one of four panelists who testified before the committee during a session dedicated to "The War on Poverty: A Progress Report."
Congressman: On immigration reform, Catholics need pulpit speak
The coalition of Catholic leaders pushing for immigration reform -- a triumvirate of the nation's bishops, nuns and university presidents -- need to address the matter from the pulpit to help get reform passed in Congress, a Catholic member of the House judiciary committee said Thursday.
"Everyone takes notice when their priest speaks to them, when their nun speaks to them," said Democratic Congressman Joe Garcia of Florida. "It has impact and it tends to deflate these phony arguments about the fear of the stranger, the fear of the traveler, and this fear of the outsider."
Federal judge stops enforcement of North Dakota fetal heartbeat law
A federal judge's temporary injunction stopping enforcement of a new North Dakota law barring abortion when a fetal heartbeat is detected "is not surprising and is typical in most legal challenges to pro-life laws," said the North Dakota Catholic Conference.
U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Hovland issued the ruling Monday in a suit filed by Red River Women's Clinic, the state's only abortion clinic.
House abandonment of nutrition items in farm bill called 'misguided'
Inside and outside the corridors of Congress, people wonder, "What in Sam Hill is going on with the House on the farm bill?"
Texas stiffens abortion restrictions; pro-lifers rally to support bill
The drama in Texas over abortion that drew national and international attention came to an end for the moment after the state House of Representatives then the state Senate voted to adopt tougher abortion regulations.
Gov. Rick Perry signed the measure into law during a ceremony Wednesday.
The new law prohibits abortions in the 20th week of pregnancy, requires abortion clinics to be certified as surgical centers and increases regulations on doctors and abortion-inducing drugs.
Catholic university presidents: US immigration system undermines nation's best values
The heads of more than 90 Catholic colleges and universities sent the letter to the Catholic members of the House, calling for them to pass immigration reform.
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August 2-15, 2013
- No human is a monster
- Editorial: Catholic voice for peace more urgent than ever
- A revolution underway
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