Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius stands next to President Barack Obama in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington in this Oct. 31, 2011, file photo. U.S. bishops continue to lambast the Obama administration for repeatedly denying requests from Catholic bishops, hospitals, schools and charitable organizations to revise its religious exemption to the requirement that all health plans cover contraceptives and sterilization free of charge. Sebelius announced Jan. 20 that non profit groups that do not provide contraceptive coverage because of their religious beliefs will have an additional year "to adapt" to the new rule. (CNS photo/Reuters)

WASHINGTON (CNS) - A week after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services told individuals and institutions who oppose contraception "to hell with you," as one bishop put it, members of the U.S. Catholic hierarchy were mobilizing their followers to fight.

Pope Benedict XVI sounded an alarm for the whole world to hear Jan. 9. As he gathered with diplomats from 180 countries, the pontiff framed challenges to traditional marriage in the gravest terms.

Father Leo Patalinghug, a nationally award-winning cook, plans to call it like he sees it in his new CR food column. He'll sprinkle in plenty of faith and fun.

Events

Literature and Medicine Program
Feb 28 2012
With a lite dinner and discussion period. 5-7:30 p.m. $10

Trinity School Open House
Jan 29 2012
Open house for all grades for the 2012-2013 school year. 443-498-5040

'To hell with you,' bishop says as protests mount
Jan 27 2012
WASHINGTON (CNS) - A week after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services told individuals and institutions who oppose contraception "to hell with you," as one bishop put it, members of the U.S. Catholic hierarchy were mobilizing their followers to fight.

Katie O’Malley calls same-sex marriage opponents “cowards,” draws criticism
Jan 26 2012
Maryland First Lady Katie O’Malley has apologized for calling members of the House of Delegates who opposed voting on changing the definition of marriage in 2011 “cowards.”

Cardinal-designate O'Brien says archdiocese won't comply with "unjust" HHS law
Jan 26 2012
Responding to the U.S. Heath and Human Services mandate that all health care plans cover contraceptive and sterilization procedures at no cost, Cardinal-designate Edwin F. O'Brien has sent a letter to be read at all Archdiocese of Baltimore parish Masses during the weekend of Jan. 28-29.

Media

Cardinal-designate O'Brien Defends Traditional Marriage

With Maryland considering legalizing same-sex marriage, the Archdiocese of Baltimore says it wants to protect marriage as being between a man and a woman.

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