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Celebrate Marriage
Tuesday, 9 Feb, 2010 – 9:35 | Comments Off
Celebrate Marriage

This year, February 14th brings double reason to celebrate, as World Marriage Day coincides with Valentine’s Day.
Learn more about the Catholic Church’s teaching on marriage from the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference and the United States Conference …

Health care reform and the pro-life agenda
Friday, 5 Feb, 2010 – 11:00 | Comments Off
Health care reform and the pro-life agenda

Due in part to a Senate seat switching parties in a recent special election, health care reform legislation may be stalled in Congress for now. Many had hoped that long-overdue reform, extending affordable health …

Why abortion?
Thursday, 4 Feb, 2010 – 8:35 | Comments Off
Why abortion?

Every year the Pennsylvania Department of Health releases the latest state abortion statistics.  Everyone waits to see if the numbers go up or down.  In 2008, there were 38,807 abortions in Pennsylvania, an increase of …

ACE-PA Update: January 19, 2010
Monday, 1 Feb, 2010 – 16:21 | Comments Off
ACE-PA Update: January 19, 2010

Thank you for all your support of the ACE-PA advocacy network. ACE-PA is one of the most important tools we have to influence public policy. With your participation, we can truly change Catholic …

Catholic Schools Week 2010 – Dividends for Life
Thursday, 28 Jan, 2010 – 16:11 | Comments Off
Catholic Schools Week 2010 – Dividends for Life

Catholic Schools Week is the annual celebration that focuses attention on the good work done by the nation’s Catholic schools. The week will be observed Jan. 31 to Feb. 6, 2010.
The theme for this year’s …

Bishops urge Congress to resume work on health care reform
Wednesday, 27 Jan, 2010 – 13:27 | Comments Off
Bishops urge Congress to resume work on health care reform

The U.S. bishops called on Congress to continue to work on health care reform to provide access for everyone, protection of life at all stages and conscience rights.
The call came in a January 26 letter …

Majority of Americans, and nearly 6 in 10 young adults, view abortion as morally wrong
Monday, 25 Jan, 2010 – 10:33 | Comments Off
Majority of Americans, and nearly 6 in 10 young adults, view abortion as morally wrong

On the eve of the 37th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion throughout the United States, a new survey shows a strong majority of Americans believe abortion to …

Nationwide bulletin insert on health care reform
Friday, 8 Jan, 2010 – 10:52 | Comments Off
Nationwide bulletin insert on health care reform

During October and November, diocesan and parish leaders distributed two consecutive Nationwide Bulletin Inserts on health care reform. Since that time the U.S. House passed health care reform that reaffirms the essential, longstanding and widely …

School choice honorees
Tuesday, 5 Jan, 2010 – 9:58 | Comments Off
School choice honorees

You’ve come a long way, baby.
This old slogan offers appropriate words for school choice advocates in Pennsylvania. The REACH Alliance, Pennsylvania’s leading advocacy organization for parental choice in education recently honored some of its heroes. …

Senate health care reform bill ‘deficient’
Wednesday, 23 Dec, 2009 – 9:56 | Comments Off
Senate health care reform bill ‘deficient’

The current health care reform bill is “deficient” and should not move forward without “essential changes,” the chairmen of three committees of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops said December 22.