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BISHOPS NOTE WAY FORWARD WITH HEALTH CARE, CLARIFY MISCONCEPTIONS

WASHINGTON—The U.S. bishops called for steps to protect the lives of the most vulnerable, provide fairness for immigrants and guarantee conscience protections for individual and institutions in a statement on health care reform issued May 21.

The statement was offered by Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, Chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Pro-Life Activities; Bishop William Murphy of Rockville Centre, New York, Chairman of the USCCB Committee on Domestic Justice, Peace and Human Development, and Bishop John Wester of Salt Lake City, chairman of the USCCB Committee on Immigration.

“Following enactment of the health care reform legislation, our challenge remains formidable but in some ways is simpler,” the bishops said. “Since the battle over the bill is over, the defects can be judged soberly in their own right, and solutions can be advanced in Congress while retaining what is good in the new law.  Indeed, any failure to do so would only leave these genuine problems as ammunition for those who prefer total repeal of the law.” Read More
 
 
   
 

Bishops Welcome Ruling Against Embryonic Stem Cell Funding, Urge Government to Pursue Ethical Stem C

WASHINGTON 8-25-2010 - Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, chairman of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, welcomed the federal court injunction against the Obama administration’s funding of human embryonic stem cell research, calling the ruling a “victory for common sense and sound medical ethics.” He said this ruling also vindicates the bishops’ reading of the Dickey amendment, the amendment approved by Congress since 1996, which prevents federal funding of research in which human embryos are harmed or destroyed. Read More
 
Catholic Leaders Defend Marriage, Refute Judge's Ruling Overturning Proposition 8

WASHINGTON, DC (CNSNews.com) - August 19, 2010 - Catholic leaders refuted Judge Vaughn Walker's ruling earlier this month that California must stop enforcing Proposition 8, which defines marriage as between a man and a woman, and which blames religious institutions' beliefs, including those of the Catholic Church, for harming homosexuals and lesbians. Read More
 
 
Pro-marriage groups laud Ninth Circuit's emergency stay of Prop. 8 ruling

San Francisco, Calif., Aug 17, 2010 / 11:37 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Responding to the August 4 ruling by Judge Vaughn Walker that California's Proposition 8 is unconstitutional, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday issued an emergency stay of the judge's decision. Read More
 
Bishop Olmsted says Prop. 8 decision puts culture's sanity at risk

Phoenix, Ariz., Aug 10, 2010 / 06:36 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Weighing in on what he called the “misguided” ruling by a federal judge who struck down California's Proposition 8 last week, Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted of the Diocese of Phoenix, Arizona declared on Tuesday evening, what “is at stake here is cultural sanity and viability.” Read More
 
Report says quality of Catholic health systems higher than others:

By Catholic News Service August 10, 2010
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Catholic and other church-owned health systems demonstrate greater quality and efficiency than not-for-profit or investor-owned systems, according to a new analysis by Thomson Reuters. Read More
 
 


 
 
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