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Contraceptives, health insurance and religious exemptions
Tuesday, 09 August 2011 13:01
State contraceptive mandates are widespread, but not as broad as HHS plan.In more than half of the states, Catholic officials have been living for years with mandates that health insurance plans must cover FDA-approved contraceptives in their prescription drug plans.
CRS provides emergency relief to drought-plagued East Africa
Friday, 05 August 2011 08:55
Five decades of experience in East Africa has helped Catholic Relief Services respond to the region’s growing drought crisis, affecting the countries of Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Eritrea and South Sudan.Currently, CRS is providing emergency relief in this area known as the “Horn of Africa,” which is experiencing one of its worst droughts in 60 years.
Cardinal DiNardo criticizes federal contraceptive mandate
Friday, 05 August 2011 08:49
The Department of Health and Human Services' proposed "religious exemption" to the requirement that new or significantly altered health insurance plans cover contraceptives and sterilization for women is "so narrow as to exclude most Catholic social service agencies and health care providers," according to the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities.
Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston criticized the Aug. 1 announcement by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius that she had accepted the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine on eight "preventive services" that must be included in any health plan under the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston criticized the Aug. 1 announcement by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius that she had accepted the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine on eight "preventive services" that must be included in any health plan under the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
CARA: Fewer priests celebrate more Masses at fewer parishes
Thursday, 28 July 2011 16:00
More U.S. Catholics are attending Masses at fewer parishes staffed by a rapidly declining corps of priests, according to a new report on "The Changing Face of U.S. Catholic Parishes."Produced by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate for the Emerging Models of Pastoral Leadership project of five national Catholic ministerial organizations, the report documents what it calls the "supersizing" of U.S. Catholic parish life.
Pain relief: Familiar priority for Catholic palliative care teams
Thursday, 28 July 2011 16:00
A new report from the Institute of Medicine declares that transforming the way pain relief is provided for Americans must become a national priority.But for Maria Gatto and others like her in Catholic health care, providing relief from pain — whether it is physical or mental, emotional or spiritual — has been a priority for years.
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