The Vatican’s timing was ironic. While Roman Catholic bishops in the U.S. were trying to revive their moral and political clout last week by battling President Obama over contraception coverage and ...

WASHINGTON - They defied the bishops to support President Obama's health-care overhaul. Now Catholic hospitals are dismayed that the law may force them to cover birth control free of charge to ...

The archbishop and auxiliary bishop are hoping these entreaties move President Barack Obama to reverse a mandate that even health care plans in Catholic-affiliated institutions fund birth control as ...

The Little Sisters of the Poor are back in court, fighting against Democratic politicians who want to narrow the freedom to exercise one’s religion. Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) continues to battle the ...

The Obama administration and its allies, including some Catholic groups, reject those assertions and say a proposed compromise to the mandate effectively bypasses any entanglement in birth control ...

More than 40 Catholic groups and institutions have filed federal lawsuits over an HHS mandate that requires employers to provide female employees health insurance coverage for contraceptives, claiming ...

As Heard On Morning Edition Listen • 0:00 Two prominent Catholic groups are finding themselves, once again, on opposite sides of a key issue regarding the Affordable Care Act. Three years ago, the ...