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The federal government forms for applying for health coverage are seen in this 2013 photo taken during a rally by supporters of the Affordable Care Act in Jackson, Miss. (CNS photo/Jonathan Bachman, Reuters)

Congress urged to keep health care gains, protect life, conscience rights

Posted by - January 20, 2017
 By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ domestic policy committee said Jan. 18 that a repeal of the federal health care law should not…
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mother holds her daughter in 2014 on a footbridge in Manila, Philippines. The Philippine president's executive order that the government begin distributing free contraceptives to the poor by 2018 may face delays because of a pending case before the country's Supreme Court. (CNS photo/Ritchie B. Tongo, EPA)

Duterte order that Philippines offer free contraceptives may face delays

Posted by - January 20, 2017
 By Catholic News Service MANILA, Philippines (CNS) — The Philippine president’s executive order that the government begin distributing free contraceptives to the poor by 2018 may face delays because of…
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A U.S. Border Patrol agent frisks a man Jan. 11 near the U.S.-Mexico border fence in Jacumba, Calif. Despite the apprehension over policies that could be enacted by a Republican-led Congress acting in accord with a Republican president in Donald Trump, the U.S. Catholic bishops remain hopeful that an immigration reform bill will pass. (CNS photo/Mike Blake, Reuters)

Bishops still have hope Congress will pass immigration reform

Posted by - January 20, 2017
 By Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Despite the apprehension over policies that could be enacted by a Republican-led Congress acting in accord with a Republican president in…
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A World Youth Day pilgrim becomes emotional as Archbishop Bernard Longley of Birmingham, England, hears her confession in 2016 at Sacred Heart Church in Krakow, Poland. As the Catholic Church prepares for a meeting of the Synod of Bishops focused on youth, the pope wrote a letter to young people saying the church wants "to listen to your voice, your sensitivities and your faith, even your doubts and your criticism." (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Upcoming synod needs young people’s voices, pope says

Posted by - January 20, 2017
 By Junno Arocho, Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis asked young people to tell him, their bishops and pastors about their hopes and struggles and even…
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