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Article Archive for Year 2009

Day of Dialogue on Justification
Monday, Sep 14, 2009 – 15:45
Day of Dialogue on Justification

As part of the Pennsylvania Conference on Interchurch Cooperation (PCIC), the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference (PCC) invites you to a special event sponsored by the Lutheran-Anglican-Roman Catholic Coordinating Committee.
The Day of Dialogue on the Joint Declaration on the …

Health care reform questions
Friday, Sep 4, 2009 – 9:13
Health care reform questions

As the health care reform debate continues many people are asking provocative questions.  They should.  Health care reform deserves an in depth, open minded and civil discussion of all points of view.
Two questions Catholics might …

Letter to Congress on health care reform
Tuesday, Aug 25, 2009 – 15:35
Letter to Congress on health care reform

The Pennsylvania Catholic Health Association (PCHA) and the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference (PCC) sent the following letter to U.S. Senators Robert Casey and Arlen Specter and the rest of the Pennsylvania Congressional Delegation regarding health care …

State budget stalemate – Viewpoint Summer 2009
Tuesday, Aug 25, 2009 – 9:24
State budget stalemate – Viewpoint Summer 2009

Summer is coming to a close, but the Pennsylvania General Assembly still has unfinished business. Although constitutionally required to pass a balanced budget by June 30, lawmakers in Harrisburg are still deliberating over what programs …

U.S. Bishops launch website on health care
Monday, Aug 17, 2009 – 9:09
U.S. Bishops launch website on health care

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) launched a Web page promoting its support of “truly universal health policy with respect for human life and dignity.” The page, http://www.usccb.org/healthcare/, includes letters from bishops to …

Abortion provisions in House’s health care bill unacceptable
Tuesday, Aug 11, 2009 – 16:45

Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia urged preservation of “longstanding federal policies that prevent government promotion of abortion and respect conscience rights,” and called current House health care legislation “seriously deficient” on the issue of mandated …

REACH Launches a New Campaign
Monday, Aug 10, 2009 – 16:33

Over the past eight years, Pennsylvania’s innovative Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) Program has provided an educational lifeboat to tens of thousands of students all across the Commonwealth. Strong bi-partisan support by the Pennsylvania Legislature …

Putting ‘Caritas in Veritate’ into practice
Thursday, Aug 6, 2009 – 9:14
Putting ‘Caritas in Veritate’ into practice

Caritas in Veritate, Charity in Truth, is the recent encyclical from Pope Benedict XVI. It addresses the global economic crisis by discussing the moral aspects of economics, poverty, human rights and environmental responsibility.An encyclical is …

Budget debate continues, still unresolved
Tuesday, Aug 4, 2009 – 18:02

The week of July 27, 2009, was filled with anticipation, hopefulness and skepticism over the new Budget Conference Committee that was created to end the budget stalemate, according to the Capitol Recap report from Pennsylvania …

Health care reform must not be vehicle for ‘abortion rights’ agenda
Monday, Aug 3, 2009 – 9:58

Philadelphia Cardinal Justin Rigali, Chairman of the U.S. Catholic bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities, and Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference (PCC) wrote on July 29 to the members of the …