UPDATE: House Bill 1090 was passed by both chambers of the General Assembly and signed into law by Governor Tom Corbett on July 2, 2014. The Pennsylvania Catholic Health Association (PCHA) and the PCC support House Bill 1090, legislation that would amend the Newborn Protection Act. HB

From CatholicPhilly.com, By Matthew Gambino The Archdiocese of Philadelphia and its Catholic Charities affiliates sued three agencies of the U.S. federal government Monday, June 2, seeking relief from the so-called “HHS mandate.” The regulations of the health care reform law require a

From The Catholic Witness The young woman who walks into the office may have been pro-life since she first became aware of the issue of abortion. And then, she finds herself pregnant, her boyfriend abandons her, and she feels completely alone. In that hour of crisis, she may be tempte

Commenting on the April 29 bungled execution of a death row inmate at the state penitentiary, Oklahoma City’s archbishop has called for a reconsideration of capital punishment. “We certainly need to administer justice with due consideration for the victims of crime, but we must find a

More Pennsylvania adults will be accountable for stopping and preventing child abuse with the recent passage of legislation that broadens the definition of who is a mandated reporter. State Sen. Kim Ward of Westmoreland County sponsored Senate Bill 21, which broadens the definition of

News Release from Real Alternatives: For the fourth year in a row, Real Alternatives, the statewide administrator of the Pennsylvania Alternatives to Abortion Program, reports an increase in the number of women served.  In fiscal year 2012-2013, 19,325 women were provided comprehensiv

From Bishop Zubik of the Diocese of Pittsburgh – With my fellow Bishops throughout the United States I urge our representatives in Congress to consider the moral and human consequences of their decisions concerning the most vulnerable among us, especially unemployed workers and

From Archbishop Chaput: We belong to one Church – a family that spans continents and centuries, bound together by a common faith in Jesus Christ. In that spirit, today I ask all Catholics in the Greater Philadelphia region to pray urgently for the Church in Ukraine and to press

The Very Reverend Robert M. Gillelan, Jr., Diocesan Administrator, has announced that Pope Francis has named Most Reverend Ronald W. Gainer, 66, as the eleventh bishop of the Diocese of Harrisburg. He succeeds Bishop Joseph P. McFadden, who died, May 2, 2013. Bishop Gainer will be int

We are naïve if we believe slavery is a subject for the history books. Nor can we tell ourselves that slavery is only an issue in foreign countries.  It is estimated that 17,000 men, women and children in the United States each year are victims of modern day slavery called human traff