Broad effort to pass bill supporting pregnant workers focuses on Senate
Amid all the political sniping in Congress, one bill has gained strong bipartisan support and is poised to become law.
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by bcadmin | Feb 13, 2022 | Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, Archbishop Paul Coakley, Bishop David Konderla, Catholic Charities USA, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News, Pregnancy, pro-life, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate, Workers' rights | 0 |
Amid all the political sniping in Congress, one bill has gained strong bipartisan support and is poised to become law.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 23, 2021 | Abortion, Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, Biden Administration, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Hyde Amendment, News, U.S. Senate, USCCB | 0 |
The chairmen of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life and religious liberty committees urged U.S. Senate leaders to include the Hyde and Weldon amendments and “bipartisan pro-life provisions” in appropriations bills being advanced in the chamber.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 8, 2021 | abortion counseling, Abortion law, Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, Biden Administration, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Committee on Pro-Life Activities, News, the pro-life movement, Title X, USCCB committee on pro-life activities | 0 |
The Biden administration ‘is wrong’ to allow Title X family planning funds to be used for abortion, said the chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 5, 2021 | Abortion, Abortion law, Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, Biden Administration, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Committee on Pro-Life Activities, Department of Health and Human Services, National Right to Life, News, Title X, USCCB, USCCB committee on pro-life activities, Xavier Becerra | 0 |
The Biden administration’s decision to allow Title X family planning funds go to health facilities that perform and promote abortion “is offensive to tens of millions of Americans,” said the president of National Right to Life.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 28, 2021 | Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Committee on Pro-Life Activities, News, St. Joseph, the pro-life movement, USCCB, USCCB committee on pro-life activities | 0 |
As part of the Year of St. Joseph declared by Pope Francis, the U.S. Catholic Church’s annual Respect Life Month celebration in October “highlights the example of that great saint” as protector of life.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 25, 2021 | Abortion, Abortion law, Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Congressman Chris Smith, News, Roe v. Wade, the pro-life movement, U.S. Congress, USCCB committee on pro-life activities | 0 |
In a 218-211 vote Sept. 24, the U.S. House passed what opponents consider one of the most extreme abortion bills ever seen in the nation — the Women’s Health Protection Act.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 22, 2021 | Abortion, Abortion law, Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Committee on Pro-Life Activities, News, Roe v. Wade, the pro-life movement, USCCB | 0 |
The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee told a Nebraska pro-life conference that “there is legitimate reason to hope” the U.S. Supreme Court may allow states “more authority to protect the lives of unborn children.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 18, 2021 | Abortion, Abortion law, Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, Archbishop Paul Coakley, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, Committee on Pro-Life Activities, News, U.S. Congress, USCCB | 0 |
Two Catholic archbishops Sept. 17 objected to two House committees advancing portions of the $3.5 trillion budget bill with language that funds abortions being added to wording they support to improve access to affordable health care for all.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 15, 2021 | Abortion, Abortion law, Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, Associated Press, Bishop John Stowe, Charles Camosy, Church in the US, News, Texas, Texas Catholic Conference, the pro-life movement, USCCB, USCCB committee on pro-life activities | 0 |
Some abortion opponents in U.S. religious circles are wary of a new Texas abortion law.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 30, 2021 | Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, Archdiocese of Kansas City, Arizona, bioethics, Bishop Edward Weisenburger, Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Committee on Pro-Life Activities, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 vaccine, Diocese of Phoenix, Freedom of Conscience, moral theology, News, Religious exemptions, Tucson, USCCB, Vaccinations | 0 |
Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas, chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on Pro-Life Activities, encouraged Catholics to receive one of the coronavirus vaccines if they discern that it is appropriate to do so.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 29, 2021 | Abortion, Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, Church in the US, Congress, federal budget, Hyde Amendment, lead, News, President Joe Biden | 0 |
At the same time the U.S. Bishops have launched a petition to urge the government to prevent federal taxpayer funding of abortion, the nation’s second Catholic president is taking steps to make it a reality.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 18, 2021 | Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, bioethics, Bishop Kevin Rhoades, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Committee on Pro-Life Activities, COVID-19, News, USCCB, USCCB committee on pro-life activities, Vaccines | 0 |
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities has launched a campaign urging Catholics to write letters to pharmaceutical companies urging them to stop the use of abortion-derived cell lines in the development and testing of vaccines.
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