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Cardinal DiNardo criticizes federal contraceptive mandate
Friday, 05 August 2011 08:49
The Department of Health and Human Services' proposed "religious exemption" to the requirement that new or significantly altered health insurance plans cover contraceptives and sterilization for women is "so narrow as to exclude most Catholic social service agencies and health care providers," according to the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities.
Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston criticized the Aug. 1 announcement by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius that she had accepted the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine on eight "preventive services" that must be included in any health plan under the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston criticized the Aug. 1 announcement by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius that she had accepted the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine on eight "preventive services" that must be included in any health plan under the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
CARA: Fewer priests celebrate more Masses at fewer parishes
Thursday, 28 July 2011 16:00
More U.S. Catholics are attending Masses at fewer parishes staffed by a rapidly declining corps of priests, according to a new report on "The Changing Face of U.S. Catholic Parishes."Produced by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate for the Emerging Models of Pastoral Leadership project of five national Catholic ministerial organizations, the report documents what it calls the "supersizing" of U.S. Catholic parish life.
Pain relief: Familiar priority for Catholic palliative care teams
Thursday, 28 July 2011 16:00
A new report from the Institute of Medicine declares that transforming the way pain relief is provided for Americans must become a national priority.But for Maria Gatto and others like her in Catholic health care, providing relief from pain — whether it is physical or mental, emotional or spiritual — has been a priority for years.
Catholic doctors say proposed contraceptive mandate not good medicine
Wednesday, 27 July 2011 11:10
A recommendation that all health plans be required to cover contraceptives without a patient co-payment "fails the tests of logic and sound science" and "does not constitute good clinical medicine," according to the Catholic Medical Association.
In a July 20 statement, the Bala Cynwyd, Pa.-based association criticized the Institute of Medicine's Committee on Preventive Services for Women for recommending that the Department of Health and Human Services include "the full range of Food and Drug Administration-approved contraceptive methods, sterilization procedures and patient education and counseling" as mandated services for all health plans under the new health reform law.
In a July 20 statement, the Bala Cynwyd, Pa.-based association criticized the Institute of Medicine's Committee on Preventive Services for Women for recommending that the Department of Health and Human Services include "the full range of Food and Drug Administration-approved contraceptive methods, sterilization procedures and patient education and counseling" as mandated services for all health plans under the new health reform law.
Archbishop Chaput to succeed Cardinal Rigali in Philadelphia
Thursday, 21 July 2011 16:00
Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia and appointed Denver Archbishop Charles J. Chaput to succeed him as head of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.The appointment was announced July 19 in Washington by Msgr. Jean-Francois Lantheaume, charge d'affaires at the apostolic nunciature in Washington. Archbishop Chaput is scheduled to be installed as Philadelphia's new archbishop Sept. 8 at the Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul.
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