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VIEWPOINT | Separation of Church and State -- what it really means
Christopher Stefanick The Declaration of Independence states we all have God-given rights -- not government-given rights, nor king-given rights -- and that the whole purpose of a government is to...
View ArticleArchdiocese of St. Louis to join third Fortnight for Freedom
Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org | twitter: @JenniferBrinker Archbishop Robert J. Carlson will celebrate a Mass next month as part of the U.S. bishops' third annual Fortnight for Freedom, a...
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Bishops' Fortnight for Freedom June 21-July 4 to draw attention to importance...
Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org | twitter: @jenniferbrinker Religious liberty is both an American value and a universal human right and shouldn't be considered something private or lived out...
View ArticlePro-life lawyer says HHS mandate not part of 'real women's agenda'
Julie Asher | Catholic News Service CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Based on her own research and interviews with women, including many post-abortive women, Helen Alvare said women today have a host of concerns...
View ArticleSupreme Court rules in favor of Hobby Lobby, Conestoga Woods
By Patricia Zapo | Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's June 30 ruling that certain businesses, based on their religious objections, can be exempted from a government requirement to...
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Court issues injunction in archdiocese's lawsuit against HHS mandate
By Dave Luecking | daveluecking@archstl.org | twitter: @stlreviewscribe The Archdiocese of St. Louis and Catholic Charities of St. Louis scored a court victory Monday in what proved to be a banner day...
View ArticleGroups lash out at new opt-out rules for HHS mandate
Catholic News Service WASHINGTON -- Pro-life groups that have battled with the federal government since the first rules were issued on contraceptive coverage in 2012 derided the government's latest...
View ArticleU.S. appeals court hears religious liberty case
Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2 Oral arguments were heard Sept. 8 in the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis for a religious liberty case in which a family is...
View ArticleCourt rules against Little Sisters plea to avoid way to bypass mandate
Catholic News Service DENVER -- The Little Sisters of the Poor and other religious entities are not substantially burdened by procedures set out by the federal government by which they can avoid a...
View ArticleAppeals court differs with others, finds in favor of colleges over mandate
Catholic News Service ST. LOUIS -- The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Sept. 17 became the first such court to rule in favor of nonprofit religious organizations that have sued to avoid having to...
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Supreme Court will hear appeals in Catholic, other groups' mandate cases
Catholic News Service WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court justices said Nov. 6 they will hear seven pending appeals in lawsuits brought by several Catholic and other faith-based entities against the...
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Little Sisters of the Poor are the public face of fight against HHS mandate
By Kurt Jensen | Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Visuals often are much easier to grasp than a complicated thicket of issues. That may be why the Little Sisters of the Poor have become the public...
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Catholics make case against HHS contraception mandate
Carol Zimmermann | Catholic News Service | Twitter: @carolmaczim WASHINGTON — During oral arguments March 23 at the Supreme Court, attorneys on both sides of the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive...
View ArticleCatholics make case against HHS contraception mandate
Carol Zimmermann | Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — During oral arguments March 23 at the Supreme Court, attorneys on both sides of the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive requirement examined how...
View ArticleLetter to the editor
ViolatedAlas, we are told that our own government does not believe that a violation of the Little Sisters of the Poor's beliefs is a violation of their religious liberty. Just when we think that the...
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