Little Sisters of the Poor Archives

Kurtz: Religious freedom not about privilege, but freedom to serve
- Interviews
- July 4, 2017
Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville, a former president of the U.S. bishops’ conference, discusses the impetus behind the convocation happening now in Orlando as well as the recent Supreme Court decision concerning religious freedom.
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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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Trump’s religious liberty order slammed as ‘pretty much nothing’

Finally President Trump has signed the long-awaited executive order for religious freedom. Unfortunately many Catholic leaders and advocates are disappointed with the order with some calling it “woefully inadequate,” others defining it as “pretty much nothing,” and more viewing it as “a betrayal.”

Trump to meet Pope Francis on May 24

The Vatican confirmed on Thursday what has long been rumored, which is that President Donald Trump will indeed meet Pope Francis when he comes to Italy in late May for a G7 summit. The encounter between Francis and Trump is scheduled for Wednesday, May 24, at 8:30 am Rome time, which will be 2:30 am on the East Coast of the United States.

Politics, courts involved in U.S. health care’s 2016 diagnosis

The Catholic Church struggles with the Affordable Care Act as its future remains unclear. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops stressed that health care is “a basic human right” and “universal coverage should be truly universal,” but many question the coverage of abortion by health care plans.