I have not written about the reprimand issued against the Leadership Conference of America Religious by the Vatican rsquo s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith The gist of the report is that at public events the nuns had spoken or listened to ideas which do not correspond to how the Congrega

I had the pleasure of speaking with George Horton yesterday on the Sirius XM radio program JustLove which explores Catholic social justice and American society Horton is the director of social and community development for Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of New York The interview covered a

In a recent e-mail Notre Dame Law Professor and Mirror of Justice blogger Rick Garnett made some points about the university rsquo s recent lawsuit against the H H S mandate In a post yesterday I referred to Grant Gallicho rsquo s analysis at DotCommonweal about the scope of the religious exempti

In the United States lawsuits are a way of communication Usually they communicate that the side that filed the lawsuit believes that the side they filed the lawsuit against is not listening to them is not respecting their rights is not giving them their due Lawsuits are last resorts or at l

The Archdiocese of Washington today joined a rush of Catholic lawsuits around the country this week challenging the Department of Health and Human Services mandate on the inclusion of contraception in health care plans beginning August 2013 In California however Bishop Stephen E Blaire of the Di

Sister Mary Johnson SND de Namur is a nbsp professor of sociology at Emmanuel College in Boston and a member of the Center for Applied nbsp Research on the Apostolate in Georgetown nbsp She joined me on nbsp The Brian Lehrer Show on nbsp New York City s public radio station WNYC nbsp for a