Elizabeth Scalia addresses today’s social chaos and the need to form consciences: “Very little is really getting through to us, anymore. War, cultural chaos, stupid movies, political corruption, religious scandals gone unaddressed — nothing registers beyond the blink, beyond the blip of
U.S. Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., has urged Congress to pass the Conscience Protection Act.
It would amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit government discrimination against health care providers who, on serious moral or religious grounds, strongly object to participating in medical
Monsignor Charles Pope answers a question about what languages Jesus spoke, particularly if he knew Latin. Monsignor Pope explains that “The daily language of Jesus would surely have been Aramaic. The ancient Hebrew of the early years of the Bible had given
Attorneys for doctors and hospitals argued in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit March 3 that they shouldn't be forced to perform gender-transition surgeries required under the Affordable Care Act, stressing this is an issue of conscience.
The case focuses
Russell Shaw writes that The U.S. bishops in their quadrennial guide for Catholic voters Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship correctly emphasize that conscience formation as being at the heart of responsible voting. Their aim, they say, is not “to tell Catholics for
An omnibus appropriations bill approved by the House July 31 to fund a dozen federal departments and agencies blocks a conscience protection rule for health care providers who do not want to participate in abortion, sterilization or assisted suicide on religious or
A U.S. District Court judge's Nov. 6 ruling that halts a Trump administration conscience protection rule for health care professionals leaves them "vulnerable to being forced to perform, facilitate or refer for procedures that violate their conscience," said the senior counsel for
An overwhelming majority of Americans -- 83% -- said they support conscience protection rights for health care professionals because they should not be forced to perform procedures against their moral beliefs.
My grandfather was a storyteller. I imagine that’s where I get it from. No matter what we were discussing, Grandpa Richert always had a story that illustrated his point. Especially in heated arguments, those stories were deployed the way he played the
In 2014, a study was released by the journal Science that concluded that people would rather subject themselves to physical pain than be left with only their thoughts for company. An online report by Nadia Whitehead outlines the premise of the experiment.