Conscience or Contraception?

mike Apologetics, Wholly Catholic! catholic, conscience rights, freedom of religion, HHS mandate, Obamacare

One of the wonderful things that I learned upon rediscovering my faith and re-entering the Catholic Church is that Catholic Christianity tends be more “both and” instead of “either or.” (more…)

February 27, 2012

HHS Mandate – Quesions the lay faithful can ask members of Congress

mike Apologetics, Wholly Catholic! catholic, conscience rights, HHS mandate, Obamacare

Over the past few weeks there has been a tremendous upheaval in the Catholic community in the United States. The HHS mandate that requires catholic institutions to violate their own teachings and morals has been codified in the federal register. In the face of this, all U.S. Bishops are united in the cause of its repeal. The strategy that the bishops are pursuing is to utilize the legislative branch of government to pass a law (H.R. 1179/S. 1467) to declare that the conscience rights of individuals and entities are protected, which would then make the mandate unenforceable. (more…)