The bishops now argue that an exemption should include any employer who finds the mandated coverage morally objectionable.
“The economy is still leaving too many people without work,” wrote Bishop Stephen E. Blaire in a letter to Congress.
“We have seen escalating violence, brutal crackdowns and tremendous suffering by the Syrian people,” said U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
Vatican officials dismissed as baseless the accusations of “corruption and abuse of power” made by the archbishop who is now apostolic nuncio to the United States.
Anne Nolte, M.D., said that Catholic hospitals might have to decide whether to "practice civil disobedience.”