The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has established a Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty in response a number of perceived attacks on religious freedom by Federal and State Departments. Bishop William Lori will chair the committee.
Archbishop Timothy Dolan, president of the Bishops’ Conference, listed six particular areas of concern:
• The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is seeking to force private healthcare providers to carry contraceptive and sterilization services
• HHS wants to force the USCCB’s Migration and Refugee Services to provide “the full range of reproductive services”
• The federal government is seeking to force international relief programs to offer reproductive health services
• The Department of Justice is attacking the Defense of Marriage Act, arguing that support for marriage is a form of bigotry
• The Justice Department is attacking a religious liberty known as the ministerial exception; it insulates religious employers from state encroachment.
• New York State recently legalized gay marriage, providing a very narrow religious exemption.
All bar the last are results of policy by the Obama administration.
Source: Spero News See also: Military News, and CNA
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