Monthly Archives: October 2012

October 15, 2012

USCCB Responds To Inaccurate Statement Of Fact On HHS Mandate Made During Vice Presidential Debate

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued the following statement, October 12. Full text follows:  Last night, the following statement was made during the Vice Presidential debate regarding the decision of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to force virtually all employers to include sterilization and contraception, including drugs that may cause abortion, in the health insurance coverage they provide their employees:

“With regard to the assault on the Catholic Church, let me make it absolutely clear. No religious institution—Catholic or otherwise, including Catholic social services, Georgetown hospital, Mercy hospital, any hospital—none has to either refer contraception, none has to pay for contraception, none has to be a vehicle to get contraception in any insurance policy they provide. That is a fact. That is a fact.” (more…)
October 1, 2012

Health Care Professionals’ Retreat

Come join other health care professionals on October 12-14, 2012 at the Christ the King Retreat Center in Buffalo for a retreat titled, “The Healing Power of Christ” led by the Most Rev. Lee Piche. For additional information, call 763.786.4945 or visit www.curatioapostolate.com.