PCC welcomes new president
Thu, 08/19/10 – 15:31

Upon his installation as the 10th Bishop of Harrisburg, Bishop Joseph P. McFadden assumes the role of president of the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference Administrative Board.

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April 1 is Census Day
Thu, 04/1/10 – 13:08
April 1 is Census Day

If you haven’t mailed back your Census Questionnaire, please do it today! Census data determine how more than $400 billion in Federal funds are distributed to communities each year. Mailing back a questionnaire is cheap, …

A call for an end to abortion, once and for all
Thu, 04/1/10 – 13:03
A call for an end to abortion, once and for all

Historic. Landmark. Unprecedented. All words used to describe the health care reform legislation recently passed into law by Congress.
With the failure of Congress to include adequate statutory restrictions on using federal tax …

ACE-PA Update: March 25, 2010
Thu, 03/25/10 – 15:39

News for Advocates of Catholic Education in Pennsylvania – March 25, 2010

Internship opportunity at the PCC
Tue, 03/23/10 – 15:06
Internship opportunity at the PCC

Pennsylvania Catholic Conference (PCC) in Harrisburg, PA is seeking an intern for the summer or fall term.

Be one in a million, confront global poverty
Tue, 03/23/10 – 14:20
Be one in a million, confront global poverty

When Pope Benedict XVI said we must be “personally outraged by the injustices in the world” to end the marginalization of the world’s poor, he was issuing a challenge to Catholics everywhere: Let’s put global …

Bishops encourage vigilance
Tue, 03/23/10 – 14:05
Bishops encourage vigilance

The U.S. bishops called on Congress and people in the Catholic community to make sure promises are kept that new health care legislation will not expand abortions in the United States.

Contact Congress TODAY on health care reform
Thu, 03/18/10 – 14:39
Contact Congress TODAY on health care reform

To send a pre-written, instant e-mail to Congress go to www.usccb.org/action.
Congress continues to debate health care reform. The House passed a health care bill that prevents the federal government from funding elective abortions, and includes …

Young Americans Increasingly Pro-Life
Thu, 03/18/10 – 13:08

A recently-released Gallup poll shows that young Americans are more strongly pro-life than older Amercians. In polling results from 2005-2009, less than a quarter of Americans aged 18-29 supported keeping abortion legal for any reason …

PA Catholic Health Association opposes Senate health care reform bill
Wed, 03/17/10 – 15:03

In light of the controversy and confusion created through the announcement by Catholic Health Association – USA in support of the Senate health care reform bill, the Pennsylvania Catholic Health Association and the Pennsylvania Catholic …

The cost is too high; the loss is too great
Tue, 03/16/10 – 7:16
The cost is too high; the loss is too great

The Catholic Bishops of the United States have long and consistently advocated for the reform of the American health care system. Their experience in health care and in Catholic parishes has acquainted them with the …