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“We are bishops, not politicians, policy experts or legislative tacticians. We are also pastors, teachers, and citizens. At this point of decision, we cannot compromise on basic moral principles. We can only urge — and hope and pray — that the House of Representatives will still find the will and the means to adopt health…

One of America’s blogging bishops is Bishop Robert Lynch, from St. Petersburg, Florida. He’s been posting his analysis of the health care debate, and yesterday added these thoughts: Last night I received an e-mail from Sister Carol Keehan whom I had tried to reach by phone prior to writing the previous blog. She was flying…

Is the Senate avoiding something on the issue of health care reform? Sr. Mary Ann Walsh, from the USCCB, thinks so: The thousands of pages in the health care reform legislation contain much to ponder, but what’s most puzzling is the shying away from the Hyde Amendment in the Senate bill. The Hyde Amendment was…

This appears to be a big break from what the USCCB is advising: Catholic nuns, in an unusual split from the powerful Catholic bishops, came out in favor of President Barack Obama’s health care plan, offering potentially important political cover for antiabortion Democrats still on the fence. Nearly 60 nuns from orders they say represent…
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