In an earlier post we linked to Archbishop Charles J Chaput 39 s concerns about the HHS 39 proposed revision to the contraception mandate Here blogger Nicholas P Cafardi offers a history and analysis of the controversy The new draft regulations proposed by HHS to cover the religiously sensiti

As we await word from the U.S. bishops' conference on the latest proposed revisions to the contraception mandate from the Department of Health and Human Services, at least one bishop has weighed in. Below is the statement from Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. of Philadelphia.

nbsp This March the Catholic Book Club will take on a new direction as Kevin Spinale S J leads a discussion of the book The Patriarch The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P Kennedy On Friday March 1 Kevin a Jesuit scholastic who teaches English at Boston College will post a sh

The Catholic blogosphere is abuzz with talk of yesterday rsquo s announcement that the Obama administration has settled on some lsquo changes rsquo to the so-called HHS mandate Folks on both sides quickly weighed in Grace-Marie Turner at National Review Online for example rendered a largely ne

It would appear that a major obstacle to improved relations between the U S bishops and the Obama administration has been rolled away by today rsquo s revision of the Department of Health and Human Service mandate on contraceptive services in new employer-provided health care plans That rsquo s th

Seems like the bishops schools hospitals Catholic Charities etc got everything they were seeking with the below We 39 ll have to wait for a reaction quot The proposed rules would make two principal changes to the preventive services coverage rules to provide women contraceptive coverage withou