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Court upholds health care subsidies in states with federal exchanges
UPDATED - Writing that "Congress passed the Affordable Care Act to improve health insurance markets, not to destroy them," a 6-3 majority of the Supreme Court June 25 upheld tax subsidies for participants in health care exchanges run by the federal government in states that refused to create them.
Extension’s Flat Francis image helps build excitement for pope’s visit
Pope Francis isn't going to be visiting the United States until September, but that hasn't kept the pope from going all around the nation, if only as a simple piece of paper for the time being.
Street evangelists make pamphlets, rosary beads available to passers-by
David Brandt, a parishioner at St. Joseph Church in Pinole, is the leader of the Berkeley area evangelists, who are part of a network of 190 teams nationwide. He and his handful of fellow evangelists -- he's recruiting more -- have brought their pamphlets and rosary beads to some places that have a lot of questions.
In upholding state abortion restrictions, court exempts one clinic
Abortion supporters claimed the law placed an "undue burden" on women in the Rio Grande Valley, including undocumented women, who are seeking an abortion, because they will be forced to drive hundreds of miles to clinics in Houston or San Antonio.
Mother says sidewalk counselor at abortion clinic ‘saved my son’s life’
Linda was 24, pregnant and unmarried. "I was afraid of what my family would think, what everyone would think," she said. "So I decided that I would terminate my pregnancy."
5th Circuit says HHS accommodation on mandate not a burden on religion
The case is similar to that of the Little Sisters of the Poor, which is challenging the same regulation and the process of accommodation. That case is awaiting a ruling by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, where it was argued last December.
Priests take to the field for Collar Series, raise funds for vocations
About 7,000 people spent part of their Father's Day with their spiritual fathers -- their priests -- at a Nebraska softball matchup between priests of the Archdiocese of Omaha and the Diocese of Lincoln.
Helping the poor involves Knights in faith in ‘deep way,’ says Anderson
The volunteerism of the Knights of Columbus and the fraternal organization's fundraising for charitable works fit right in with Pope Francis' emphasis on the idea of "a church of and for the poor," according to Supreme Knight Carl Anderson.
Compassion in physician-assisted suicide ‘hollow,’ says L.A. archbishop
After the California Senate voted to legalize physician-assisted suicide in the state, Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez called it the wrong response to a "public health crisis."
‘Become who you receive’ in the Eucharist, Bishop Lynch tells congress
Worshipping Jesus present in the Eucharist is enriched when people move from adoration to action, a Florida bishop told tens of thousands of attendees at the 20th annual Eucharistic Congress in the Atlanta Archdiocese.