Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has eliminated the constitutional right to an abortion, access to birth control has taken on new ...

Catholic systems account for four of the nation’s ten biggest systems, according to a 2020 report. They usually follow guides from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which enforces ethical and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has eliminated the constitutional right to an abortion, access to birth control has taken on new urgency. By moving the decision about abortion access to states, the ...

Recent data from the federally administered National Survey of Family Growth shows large majorities of Catholics report using at least one form of artificial contraception — with over 90% having used ...

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 ...

Revisions in theology start inconspicuously enough—usually as footnote-laden articles in grey, learned journals with modest circulations. Future church historians may well date a profound change in ...

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 ...

Maria Gallo receives funding from Relias Media for consultant work and grant funding from the National Institutes of Health and non-profit foundations for research. Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ...