Catholic Church

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  NY archdiocese 'reluctantly' covers birth control, abortion

  By Dan Cook  |  May 29, 2013

  The Roman Catholic church’s largest archdiocese is under fire for "quietly" offering some of its employees a benefits package that includes coverage for contraceptive costs and even abortion.

• Feds can’t make Domino’s offer contraceptives

  By David N. Goodman  |  March 15, 2013

  A judge on Thursday blocked the federal government from requiring the founder of Domino's Pizza to provide mandatory contraception coverage to his employees under the health care law.

• Obama offers faith groups new birth control rule

  By Rachel Zoll, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar  |  February 1, 2013

  The Obama administration on Friday proposed a work-around for religious nonprofits that object to providing health insurance that covers birth control.

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  For Romney and Obama, one-liners are on the menu

  By Jim Kuhnhenn  |  October 18, 2012

  The presidential campaign, heavy on finger-pointing and recrimination, is taking a brief but abrupt detour so President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney can play politics for laughs.

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  Judge rejects contraception suit filed by 7 states

  By Grant Schulte  |  July 18, 2012

  Seven attorneys general trying to block the federal health care law's requirement for contraception coverage saw their lawsuit dismissed Tuesday by a federal judge who said they didn't have standing to file it.

• Vatican backs universal health care

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  July 2, 2012

  The Catholic Church supports universal health care, but states must respect and welcome the efforts of the private sphere in achieving that goal.

• Bishops press religious-freedom fight with gov't

  By Rachel Zoll  |  June 14, 2012

  The nation's Roman Catholic bishops on Wednesday promised steadfast opposition to President Barack Obama's mandate that birth control be covered by health insurance, saying it is one of many threats to religious freedom in government.

• Pope's rep applauds bishops' fight with government

  By Rachel Zoll  |  June 13, 2012

  The pope's U.S. ambassador praised American bishops Wednesday for confronting the government over religious liberty issues, including resisting the mandate from President Barack Obama's administration that health insurance cover birth control.

• Women step up in birth control debate

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  May 31, 2012

  As a debate over women’s contraceptive rights rages on, about one in three women believe there is a “wide-scale effort to limit women’s reproductive health choices and services” and many have taken action because of it, a new poll finds.

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  Vatican backs universal health care

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  May 24, 2012

  During an address to the World Health Assembly, the Vatican said that while the Catholic Church supports universal health care, states must respect and welcome the efforts of the private sphere in achieving that goal.