Cardinal Dolan Slams Media Silence on Battle Over HHS Mandate | LifeNews.com

by Steven Ertelt | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com

Cardinal Dolan, the head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, is slamming the media silence on the battles against the HHS mandate, the Obama administration’s attempt to force religious groups to fund drugs that may cause abortions.

Earlier this month, in what top pro-life legal groups described as a “landmark ruling against the HHS Mandate,” a federal judge ruled against the Obama administration’s assertion that the government’s supposed “safe harbor” was adequate to protect religious organizations from suffering imminent harm.

The USCCB president isn’t happy the mainstream media gave scant coverage to the important decision.

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Cardinal Dolan’s comments on Archdiociese HHS Mandate lawsuit

Judge Cogan’s decision last week turned back a motion by the administration to have our lawsuit dismissed.

The Archdiocese of New York, ArchCare, and CHSLI remain as plaintiffs.) That’s significant, because the administration has been successful in getting some of the other cases dismissed, but in his decision Judge Cogan found that there was very real possibility that we plaintiffs would “face future injuries stemming from their forced choice between incurring fines or acting in violation of their religious beliefs.”

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Mirror of Justice: An Important Mandate Decision: EDNY Holds Standing and Ripeness Requirements Satisfied

 

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York has denied in part and granted in part the federal government's Rule 12(b)(1) motion to dismiss the complaint of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, Catholic Health Care Systems, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre and Catholic Charities, and Catholic Health Services of Long Island (CHSLI). 

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Cardinal Dolan’s Paul Ryan Problem | The New Republic

 

That admiring relationship must make it awkward for the Cardinal when Ryan does things like misrepresent Catholic social teaching or insist that health care is not a right but a privilege or refer to social programs that the bishops conference itself helps run as a “safety hammock.” After all, when a Catholic Democrat publicly dissents from church teaching or misrepresents it to a large audience, church leaders are quick to call out him or her for the transgression….

In his convention speech, Ryan introduced a new topic of disagreement—the question of whether health care is a right or a privilege. Referring to the Obama health care plan as “an entitlement we didn’t even ask for,” Ryan firmly placed himself in the “privilege” camp. The Catholic church, however, has long considered guaranteed health care a universal right. As recently as 2010, Pope Benedict XVI wrote that it was one of the “inalienable rights” of man.

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