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Interfaith Group Urges Speaker of the House to Defend DOMA Legislation in Court

March 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Administration’s decision to abandon DOMA was ‘lapse in judgment’ House must join litigation fully to ‘defend true meaning of marriage’ WASHINGTON (March 4, 2011)-Leaders of Catholic, Protestant and Sikh communities of faith-together representing tens of millions of adherents-joined together to urge the U.S. House of Representatives to fight for the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) [...]

Filed Under: Catholicism and Politics, Clergy, Marriage and Family

Respect for Unborn Human Life: The Church’s Constant Teaching

August 29, 2008 By Leave a Comment
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Fact sheet by the USCCB Committee on Pro-Life Activities. Click here to print as a PDF. Click here for Spanish PDF version. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states: “Since the first century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable. Direct abortion, that [...]

Filed Under: Abortion, Catholicism and Politics, Clergy