The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued a statement yesterday afternoon informing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that the Feb. 1 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking changes to the controversial birth control mandate falls short of addressing the Church's concerns about the infringement of their conscience rights.
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After an investigation, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration decided not to take any regulatory action over a vending machine at a Pennsylvania college that dispenses the morning-after pill.
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The Catholic Church welcomed a group of Anglican nuns into the fold on New Year's Day as members of two Anglican communities became a new Catholic order called the Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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Bishop Robert Morlino of the Diocese of Madison, Wisconsin has banned two Dominican nuns from holding workshops or providing spiritual direction at any Catholic churches in the diocese because of their espousal of "New Ageism" and "indifferentism."
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An atheist group has filed a federal lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for not investigating scores of complaints lodged against churches that have been accused of "electioneering" during the presidential election.
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As the country struggles to recover from the senseless violence that occurred on Friday in an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, Church leaders call for forgiveness, reconciliation, and the courage to look at ourselves in the mirror to see what we have become.
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The Vatican's top astronomer says predictions that the world will end on December 21, 2012 are "not even worth discussing."
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The U.S. Catholic bishops are planning to launch a five-part strategy or "call to prayer" after Christmas which will invite Catholics to pray for rebuilding a culture of life and for increased protections of religious liberty.
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A federal judge in Brooklyn, New York delivered a blow to the Obama Administration this week when he ruled that the lawsuit seeking to invalidate the controversial birth control mandate for the Archdiocese of New York can proceed.
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Contrary to new rumors that the Vatican will issue its ruling about the authenticity of the apparitions at Medjugorje by the end of this month, the Vatican says it will take much longer.
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