Conscience

Exclusive. Müller Writes to Duka: Fernández Goes Against Catholic Doctrine, and With Him Is the Pope

10/13/2023 at 3:19 PM By Kevin Edward White

By Sandro Magister, L'Espresso, October 13, 2023 (s.m.) In the open letter to his friend Cardinal Dominik Duka published today exclusively by Settimo Cielo, Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller criticizes in depth the response given last September 25 by Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, the... read more

Father Gough: ‘I Was Conceived in the Context of Violence, and My Mother Chose Life for Me’

02/26/2023 at 3:33 PM By Kevin Edward White

U.K. priest’s pro-life witness is personal. K. V. Turley, National Catholic Register, February 26, 2023 LONDON — On Feb.16, two British Catholics were acquitted of all charges relating to praying outside an abortion facility in the English city of Birmingham. One... read more

U.S. bishops’ religious liberty chairman: Proposed new rules on contraceptive mandate ‘disheartening’

02/06/2023 at 6:36 PM By Kevin Edward White

Our Sunday Visitor/the Pilot, February 6, 2023 The U.S. bishops' religious liberty chairman called it "disheartening" that proposed new rules on the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive mandate eliminate "protections for moral convictions" of employers who object to being forced to cover... read more

U.S. bishops say religious freedom protections in same-sex marriage bill are ‘insufficient’

11/18/2022 at 10:35 AM By Kevin Edward White

By Jonah McKeown, Catholic News Agewncy, November 17, 2022 Following the advancement of a bill yesterday in the U.S. Senate to federally recognize same-sex marriages, the nation’s Catholic bishops reaffirmed the Church’s teaching on marriage. They also “expressed concerns that the... read more

Which U.S. states rank first (and last) in religious freedom protections?

09/24/2022 at 9:38 PM By Kevin Edward White

By Zelda Caldwell, Nationasl Catholic Register, September 23, 2022 A nonprofit legal organization specializing in religious liberty cases has conducted a study comparing U.S. states on the basis of how free its residents are to practice their faith. Spoiler alert: Mississippi offers the... read more

Pope Francis considers it an ‘incoherence’ that President Biden, a Catholic, supports abortion rights

07/13/2022 at 1:52 PM By Kevin Edward White

By CNA Staff, Catholic News Agency, July 12, 2022 Pope Francis has described it as an "incoherence" that President Joe Biden, a Catholic, is in favor of legal abortion. During an interview with Univisión and Televisa broadcast July 12, Pope Francis spoke about abortion and Biden's... read more

Has the Church Really Changed Its Teaching on Abortion?

07/08/2022 at 6:23 AM By Kevin Edward White

The pro-choice claim is that the Church was once much friendlier to abortion than it is now—and could be friendlier again. Let's see if that's true. By Michael Lofton, Catholic Answers, July 7, 2022 As I was recently scrolling through social media, eager to see people’s reaction to the... read more

Madison decries harsh mischaracterization of COVID-19 vaccine clinic decision

11/15/2021 at 3:53 PM By Kevin Edward White

By CNA Staff, Catholic News Agency, November 13, 2021 The Diocese of Madison says media have misrepresented its decision to not host onsite COVID-19 vaccination clinics at parishes and other diocesan entities. “Despite how it is being characterized in some news reports and social media... read more

Massachusetts Hospital Employees, Citing Religious Concerns to COVID Vaccines, Sue to Keep Their Jobs

10/27/2021 at 11:35 AM By Kevin Edward White

Workers with Mass General Brigham risk firing for being unvaccinated. By Matthew McDonald, National Catholic Register, October 27, 2021 BOSTON — More than 200 employees of a hospital corporation in Massachusetts have filed a lawsuit to try to keep their jobs if they don’t get one... read more

Injunction issued against NY COVID shot mandate; judge rules state can’t prevent filing for religious exemptions

10/18/2021 at 9:26 PM By Kevin Edward White

Judge David N. Hurd ruled that the health care workers were likely to succeed on the merits of their claims that the mandate violates the First Amendment, the Free Exercise Clause, Supremacy Clause and Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution. By Joseph M. Hanneman, Catholic World... read more

Is the Decision to Receive COVID-19 Vaccination for Each Person’s Conscience to Judge?

10/09/2021 at 9:55 PM By Kevin Edward White

DIFFICULT MORAL QUESTIONS By E. Christian Brugger, National Catholic Register, October 7, 2021 Q. The Archbishop of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada recently instituted a policy requiring anyone who attends Mass to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Several days later he retracted the... read more

THE NATIONAL CATHOLIC BIOETHICS CENTER CALLS FOR RESPECT FOR THE CHURCH’S TEACHINGS ON THE COMMON GOOD, CONSCIENCE AND CHARITY.

08/16/2021 at 6:10 PM By Kevin Edward White

More Victories Against Loyola University’s Unlawful Shot Mandate

08/11/2021 at 4:59 PM By Kevin Edward White

National Right to Life decries new bill aimed at codifying Roe v. Wade

06/16/2021 at 11:54 AM By Kevin Edward White