HHS defends decision on funding trafficking victims program to Congress
Dec 02 2011
WASHINGTON – A U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops program aiding victims of human trafficking was denied funding after its administrators declined to propose alternatives to a government requirement that female victims receive “the full range of legally permissible gynecological and obstetric care,” a Department of Health and Human Services official told a congressional committee.
Catholic organizations, universities place ad objecting to HHS mandate
Oct 13 2011
WASHINGTON – An unusual coalition of national Catholic organizations and universities took to the pages of two Capitol Hill publications Oct. 11 to protest the Obama administration’s plan to include contraceptives and sterilization among the mandated “preventive services” for women under the new health reform law.
Horn of Africa risks ‘lost generation’ due to famine, says cardinal
Oct 09 2011
VATICAN CITY – Not only are millions of lives at risk in the Horn of Africa due to hunger and drought, those who escape the famine then risk becoming a lost generation due to a severe lack of stability, education and resources, said a top Vatican official.
New Orleans Catholic Charities gets $15 million for oil spill victims
Sep 20 2011
NEW ORLEANS - Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of New Orleans has received the largest single grant in its history - $15 million from the Baton Rouge Area Foundation - to oversee a collaborative of nonprofit organizations that will provide direct assistance, counseling and job force training to coastal Louisiana fishing families affected by the 2010 BP oil spill.