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by bcadmin | Jul 3, 2021 | Abortion, Abortion law, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Congressman Chris Smith, Hyde Amendment, News, U.S. Congress, US House of Representatives | 0 |
Proposing a budget without the Hyde Amendment “is an affront to the majority of Americans who do not want their tax dollars funding abortion on demand resulting in the death of children in the womb,” 172 members of the U.S. House said in a July 1 letter to President Joe Biden.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 1, 2021 | Abortion, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Congressman Chris Smith, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, News, US House of Representatives | 0 |
Over a dozen nonprofit organizations, including Catholic Charities USA, praised the American Rescue Plan passed by the U.S. House early Feb. 27 for including “several provisions of importance to the charitable nonprofit sector.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 6, 2021 | Associated Press, Church in the US, faith and politics, News, U.S. Congress, US House of Representatives | 0 |
U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver said he was caught off guard by the negative response after he ended his opening prayer on the first day of the new Congress by saying, “Amen and A-woman.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 5, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Father Pat Conroy, Jesuits, Nancy Pelosi, News, U.S. Congress, US House of Representatives | 0 |
With the year-end announcement that Jesuit Father Pat Conroy would be retiring as chaplain of the House of Representatives, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced that for the first time, a woman will take over the post.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 2, 2020 | Africa, Catholic Church, Catholic Relief Services, International aid, Interviews, lead, News, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate, US House of Representatives | 0 |
New legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives could be a “triumph for the tens of millions of children overseas whose potential is yet to be realized,” according to the U.S. bishops’ international development agency.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 4, 2020 | bioethics, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Conscience Protection, Freedom of Conscience, National Right to Life, News, U.S. Congress, US House of Representatives | 0 |
An omnibus appropriations bill approved by the House July 31 to fund a dozen federal departments and agencies blocks a conscience protection rule for health care providers who do not want to participate in abortion, sterilization or assisted suicide on religious or moral grounds.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 30, 2020 | Catholic Charities, Catholic Charities USA, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, NETWORK, NETWORK Lobby, News, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate, US House of Representatives, USCCB, USCCB Committee on Catholic Education | 0 |
The Democratic-led House approved the HEROES Act in May. The Republican-led Senate introduced the HEALS Act July 27.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 22, 2020 | Abortion, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, China, Church in Asia, Communist Party, Congressman Chris Smith, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, News, U.S. Congress, US House of Representatives | 0 |
When China threatened May 14 to retaliate against U.S. politicians for their support of federal lawsuits over the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the proposals involved stopping all trade involving certain states, including Missouri.
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