Search Results for: zubik

  • May 16, 2016

U.S. Supreme Court sends Zubik case back to lower courts

WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S. Supreme Court May 16 sent the Zubick v. Burwell case, which challenges the...
  • March 25, 2022

U.S. bishops join pope in worldwide prayer for Ukraine and Russia

Bishops in the U.S. took part in Pope Francis' invitation to join him in a moment of prayer,...
  • July 19, 2021

Dioceses respond to pope’s document restoring limits on pre-Vatican II Mass

Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis said July 16 that, for now, parishes that celebrate...
  • October 22, 2020

Bishops: Pope’s civil union remarks won’t change teaching on marriage

Pope Francis' expression of openness to the idea of laws recognizing civil unions, including for gay couples, to...
  • July 8, 2020

Court rules in favor of employer exemptions to contraceptive coverage

In a 7-2 decision July 8, the Supreme Court upheld regulations by the Trump administration giving employers more...
  • March 6, 2020

Phoenix, other dioceses adopt wide-ranging plans to limit spread of coronavirus

So far, the measures are much like what occurs during a normal cold/flu/influenza season....
  • October 30, 2018

USCCB president condemns shooting at synagogue, all ‘acts of hate’

The U.S. Catholic bishops stand with "our brothers and sisters of the Jewish community," the president of the...
  • October 6, 2017

Trump administration expands exemptions on contraceptive mandate

Interim rules are now in place for religious employers concerned about the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive mandate....
  • June 2, 2017

Church leaders welcome leaked HHS draft lifting contraceptive mandate

WASHINGTON (CNS) — A leaked draft rule from the Department of Health and Human Services exempting religious groups...
  • September 26, 2016

Catholic University’s president urges ‘zeal’ in defending religious liberty

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (CNS) — A pharmacy in Olympia, Washington, loses its court challenge to a state law requiring...