Reactions from other sources continue as we wait to hear from the U S bishops the Catholic Health Association and Catholic Charities USA on the latest revision of the Department of Health and Human Services mandate on contraception One of the more exhaustive considerations of the various politica

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

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

nbsp The president rsquo s tone was measured but the agenda he detailed in today rsquo s inauguration speech was surprisingly robust The president suggested that his final term in office would be dedicated to shoring up the nation rsquo s declining middle class confronting climate change pressi

nbsp President Obama 39 s baby steps toward U S gun violence containment received some words of support from an unlikely source the Vatican In his weekly editorial Father Federico Lombardi S J director of the Press Office of the Holy See commented directly on Obama 39 s proposals then bro

Today markes the third anniversary of the 7 0 earthquake which devastated Haiti in 2010 leaving as many as 250 000 dead and destroying much of the capital Port-au-Prince 39 s government and church institutions My report on Haiti 39 s recovery can be found here More reports will be posted next we

As we approach the fourth anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti, a look back the efforts to rebuild the country.

I am almost too tired of the whole issue to write any more words about it My entire career in journalism I have periodically been forced to compose some outraged paragraphs about the latest massacre or ldquo normal rdquo gun violence in Chicago Baltimore Milwaukee Camden you name it how m

Statement of Msgr Jerald A Doyle Administrator Diocese of BridgeportNewtown School ShootingsOn behalf of the Diocese of Bridgeport we offer our prayers and our collective sense of grief shock and loss after the tragic school shootings in Newtown Msgr Robert Weiss Pastor of St Rose of Lima P