HHS press office is not confirming but CNN is reporting and other sources are indicating that a major revision of the HHS contraception mandate will be released this morning According to sources the revisions will allow religious affiliated institutions defined under prior standard of IRS code

From CNN Religiously affiliated organizations will be able to opt out of providing their employees with insurance coverage for contraceptives under updates to an Obama administration mandate that the Department of Health and Human Services is expected to unveil on Friday according to two sources In

President Obama named Denis McDonough to be his Chief of Staff appointing his former National Security Advisor to the post McDonough was appointed last week watch a video nbsp here The Atlantic offers some quick facts on the new appointment including that he is a practicing Catholic and one of 1

nbsp Yesterday we at America began working on quot putting to bed quot the 5 000th issue of the magazine We celebrated that milestone in suitably modest style pizza in the editorial office The editors and staff thank God our Lord for being able to nbsp serve God 39 s people since the magazine

nbsp Frankly I am not happy with the idea of women in the U S armed forces going into combat Yes I know The New York Times and The Washington Post tell us that they are in combat already And we know from the tabloids that women can murder as often as men But society for good reasons has been

nbsp America readers near New York City might be interested to know that Timothy Radcliffe OP will be giving a lecture at Fordham on Tuesday 12 February at 5 00 The lecture will take place in Tognino Hall in Duane Library at the Rose Hill Bronx campus nbsp nbsp As readers no doubt are aware