Contraception mandate Archives

Bishops’ point man on religious freedom gives mixed verdict on Trump order
- Church in the US, Interviews, Pope/Trump
- May 15, 2017
Archbishop William Lori, chair of the U.S. bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty, told Crux that while he welcomes the recent executive order on religious freedom issued by President Donald Trump, “the devil is in the details”. He also said that repeal of the Johnson Amendment barring churches from endorsing candidates isn’t a focus, because “that’s really not our job.”
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Little Sisters hope contraception battle is nearing an end
- Church in the US
- May 6, 2017
Based on comments from President Donald Trump about the implications of his new executive order on religious freedom, the Little Sisters of the Poor hope their long legal struggle against the contraception mandates imposed as part of the Obama health care reform is almost over, saying “we’re on the one-yard line … we just have to get it over the goal line.”
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Catholic leader calls Trump healthcare plan ‘unconscionable’
- Church in the US, Interviews
- May 2, 2017
Sister Carol Keehan of the Catholic Health Association says a proposal by President Donald Trump to overhaul the health care reform enacted under Obama amounts to an “unconscionable” transfer of $880 billion from the poor to the rich. She also says she has no idea what Trump’s team may do about the contraception mandates that were part of the Obama measure.
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Supreme Court nominee praised for record of building unity on religious freedom

President Donald Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court has ruled on some of the most important religious liberty cases in recent years while on the Tenth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, including those of Hobby Lobby and Little Sisters of the Poor against the Obama administration’s contraceptive mandate.

Philly’s Chaput on a post-Christian culture, ‘Amoris’, and more

In a conversation with Crux’s John Allen, Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia explains why he thinks Americans are living in a ‘post-Christian’ culture, and also why he thinks it would be a good idea for Pope Francis to answer the dubia about ‘Amoris Laetitia.’

Ex-Obama aide says Christians must defend ‘poor and vulnerable’

Interviews

February 2, 2017

A former Obama aide for outreach to faith groups calls on Christians to stand with the marginalized, saying, “I saw them do so time and time again during my time in the Obama Administration, and I will be standing with the faith community as we do so during the Trump Administration.”