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Catholic Charities Insists it has not Endorsed HHS Mandate
Catholic Culture ^ | 2/20/12

Posted on 02/20/2012 6:38:36 AM PST by marshmallow

Following a statement by the White House press secretary that Catholic Charities USA supports the Obama administration’s “compromise” mandate on contraception, Catholic Charities has posted a statement insisting that it has not endorsed the mandate.

“In response to a great number of mischaracterizations in the media,...........

Catholic Charities USA

White House Criticizes Bishops, Trumpets Support from CHA, Catholic Charities

Catholic Charities has Second Thoughts

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TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events; Moral Issues; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: catholic; catholiccharities; hhsmandate

1 posted on 02/20/2012 6:38:38 AM PST by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow
Why would ANY lamestream media print the truth about what Catholic Charities believes?
They wouldn't because the Catholic faith stands up against so many of the things that the lamestream media supports--abortion for ANY reason, artificial contraception, drugs, euthenasia, sex out of marriage fornication, babies out of wedlock, legalilzed prostition, etc. What have I missed?
2 posted on 02/20/2012 6:46:40 AM PST by cloudmountain
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To: marshmallow

Obama lied?

I’m shocked, shocked to find mendacity in this White House.


3 posted on 02/20/2012 7:00:11 AM PST by Yankee (ANNOY THE RNC AND THE MEDIA: NOMINATE NEWT GINGRICH!)
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To: marshmallow
If I recall correctly Catholic Charities initially did made a statement praising the compromise.

They jumped the gun, and were forced to back-track.

Father Larry Snyder, the president of Catholic Charities USA, initial response to the "compromise."

This compromise enables Catholic Charities USA to not only continue to provide access to quality healthcare to its 70,000 employees and families across the country of many different faiths and backgrounds, but also guarantees the continued delivery of vital services to the more than 10 million people living in need across the country.

So here’s where we stand: Within hours of President Obama’s announcement, without waiting for guidance from the US bishops, the heads of the Catholic Health Association and Catholic Charities USA—two of the largest Church-related employers in the country—have announced that they are now satisfied with the plan.

4 posted on 02/20/2012 7:17:09 AM PST by mware (By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West)
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To: mware

Just to clarify, they did back-track their statement, but not before they muddied the water.


5 posted on 02/20/2012 7:18:58 AM PST by mware (By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West)
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To: marshmallow

Cardinal Dolan should do to Catholic Charities USA what Bishop Braxton did to Catholic Charities for the Diocese of Belleville.


6 posted on 02/20/2012 7:58:46 AM PST by markomalley (Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good-Pope Leo XIII)
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To: marshmallow

Sound like time for an audit of Catholic Charities.

By the Holy Office.


7 posted on 02/20/2012 8:17:09 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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To: marshmallow

Maybe when the US Bishops finally get the ‘divide and conquer’ strategy of the Obama administration and the complicity of CCUSA, they will find their cajones and yank Fr. Larry Snyder and Candy Hill out of there and send them packing.
(bishops, it’s why they give you croziers - the hook to to yank the apostates out of there)


8 posted on 02/20/2012 8:42:03 AM PST by veritas2002
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To: mware

Fr. Snyder’s a CEO, not a theologian or even an intellectual. He did indeed jump the gun and within 24 hours of his initial response to the accommodation (perhaps sooner), he completely reversed his original statement. Both statements appeared on the CC website.

Old statement (no longer accessible):

This compromise enables Catholic Charities USA to not only continue to provide access to quality healthcare to its 70,000 employees and families across the country of many different faiths and backgrounds, but also guarantees the continued delivery of vital services to the more than 10 million people living in need across the country.

New statement:

We are hopeful that this is a step in the right direction and are committed to continuing our work to ensure that our religious institutions will continue to be granted the freedom to remain faithful to our beliefs, while also being committed to providing access to quality healthcare for our 70,000 employees and their families across the country.


9 posted on 02/20/2012 8:46:18 AM PST by Mach9
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To: cloudmountain
I ardently support the USCCB's objection to the HHS mandate, and hope they and Fr. Snyder over at CC will just slam it, without finessing it, without a technical fix, and without compromise.

It scorches me, however, that the lot of them have decided to treat this as something that primarily impacts a small subset of institutions --- the schools, hospitals, social services, etc. that have “Catholic” or “Saint” or “Notre” in their names --- when it in fact impacts every employer: every Catholic, Christian or Jewish, Mormon or Muslim, believing or non-believing employer, many of whom have conscientious objections. These are employers associated with, not just healthcare or educational institutions, but construction contractors, food processors, car dealerships, clothing retailers, agricultural enterprises, hoteliers, or anybody else who offers employees insurance coverage as part of their compensation.

Do only Bishops and 501(c)(3)’s have consciences?

Not only that. The complicity with abortion, sterilization, and a host of other evils will be imposed upon every person legally resident in the United States, as of 2014 when the whole mandatory-for-everybody program kicks in.

This is why the whole Obamacare package was wrong from the git-go--- wrong in on the face of it, even if Obama himself were out of the picture --- because it violates subsidiarity. And subsidiarity is not an optional principle.

We have handed our free institutions over to the State, and the Bishops have been asking for this since the NCWC (predecessor to the USCCB) first endorsed national health insurance in 1917.

I told my bishop this would happen 5 years ago. Wouldn’t listen. I told a friend of mine, a very good man at the USCCB, who lobbied hard, and in his official capacity, for this “Health Care Reform.” Wouldn’t listen.

Now they’ve got it, good and hard.

A lot of us could see it coming.

Yes, Fathers and Excellencies, fight this mandate in the name of the Church’s already deeply-compromised institutions. But while you’re at it, don’t neglect fighting for the rest of us. We used to be free people.

10 posted on 02/20/2012 11:06:58 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o ("God bless the child who's got his own." Arthur Herzog Jr./Billie Holiday)
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To: Mrs. Don-o
This is why the whole Obamacare package was wrong from the git-go--- wrong in on the face of it, even if Obama himself were out of the picture --- because it violates subsidiarity. And subsidiarity is not an optional principle.

Subsidiarity IS an optional principle for the Left; always had been, always will be.
I agree with you, though, on everything you said.

However, Obama will win another term, you know. There are few one-term presidents. Re-election is the norm in this country.

What a shame sometimes.

11 posted on 02/21/2012 6:35:42 AM PST by cloudmountain
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To: marshmallow
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12 posted on 02/22/2012 3:57:58 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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