Religious groups challenge New York court on abortion mandate cruxnow.com
A coalition of religious groups, including Catholic nuns and dioceses, recently argued before the New York Court of Appeals that the state violated their religious beliefs in mandating that they cover abortion in their employee health insurance plans.
In Diocese of Albany v. Harris, a group of Anglican and Catholic nuns, Catholic dioceses, Christian churches, and faith-based social ministries across New York State are looking for the state Court of Appeals to overturn the mandate, after their initial attempt failed.
A decision is expected later this year…
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- Blessed Basil HopkoBlessed Basil Hopko Feast date: Jun 23 Blessed Basil Hopko is considered one of the many priests and religious martyred by Communism. He was born in Slovakia to poor parents. His father died when he was a year old and his mother left for the United States when he was four in seach of work.He […]
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