The Complicated Convenience of Contraception
By Anna Githens
OK, let’s be honest. A life without contraceptives would be a difficult life for many of us to live.
By Anna Githens
OK, let’s be honest. A life without contraceptives would be a difficult life for many of us to live.
Ever since I was old enough to have childhood memories, I have cherished the times I attended Eucharistic Adoration with my mother and grandmother.
American Life League has made a name for itself in several venues. Our cutting edge Canon 915 Project raised a few eyebrows, but at the same time taught thousands of Catholics what canon law actually is in the context of the Church.
Catholic Relief Services’ history is not a pretty one, so the most recent news really comes as no surprise.
By Rob Gasper
Rarely a week goes by where I do not receive a call from a Catholic pro-life activist frustrated with the errors and excesses of fellow Catholics, be it a Catholic politician promoting abortion or a Catholic funding group giving money to causes allied directly with the culture of death.
It was the year 2000 and the state was California. In a court case that rocked many believing Catholics, a lower court judge decided that denying contraceptive coverage to Catholic Charities’ employees put an undue burden on those employees.
Monday, May 13, the Texas House will hear HB1444, “An Act relating to advance directives and health care and treatment.
By Mark Pickup
The U.S. based National Catholic Reporter recently published a commentary under the title “Status of Abortion, Death Penalty in Catholic Teaching Makes Little Sense.
When the Obama White House first announced that pro-abortion Catholic vice president Joe Biden would lead the United States delegation to the inaugural Mass for Pope Francis, a collective gasp was followed by a prayer that the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops would make a public statement clarifying why the vice president could not receive the Eucharist.
By Jennifer Fulwiler
When I was giving a talk early last year, two women in the front row caught my eye.
The Catholic bishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota has taken action against Catholic insurance agency Avera Health Plans because the company chose to cover contraception so that it would be in compliance with Obamacare.
While Obamacare has been a topic of debate and discussion for the last four years, the Obama/Sebelius contraceptive mandate—complete with the recent vapid compromise—really raised the stakes for Catholics.