Nancy Frazier O'Brien

Bishops approve budgets, fail to agree on diocesan assessment rise

Nov 18, 2015

U.S. bishops approved a $24.2 million budget for the work of their national conference in 2016. Their vote was inconclusive on a 2017 assessment increase on dioceses that fund it.

Twelve years in, sex abuse charter faces ongoing challenges

Accountability

Jul 15, 2015

Every allegation of sex abuse or boundary violations should be presented to the diocesan review board, but the review boards don't always meet regularly.

Divorce, migration changing the face of families worldwide

Parish

Sep 15, 2014

The family under discussion when the extraordinary Synod of Bishops convenes at the Vatican Oct. 5 will bear little resemblance to the family of 50 or even 20 years ago.

New stem-cell method offers another alternative to embryonic research

Politics

Feb 12, 2014

A new method of creating versatile stem cells from a relatively simple manipulation of existing cells could further reduce the need for any stem-cell research involving human embryos.

'Great misunderstanding' seen on church's teachings on end of life

People

Spirituality

Jan 13, 2014

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Nancy Frazier O'Brien

Bishops approve budgets, fail to agree on diocesan assessment rise

Twelve years in, sex abuse charter faces ongoing challenges

Divorce, migration changing the face of families worldwide

New stem-cell method offers another alternative to embryonic research

'Great misunderstanding' seen on church's teachings on end of life

Catholic voters, general public place health care among top five issues

Census figures on uninsured, poor offer signs of hope, challenges

Courts urged not to dismiss Catholic lawsuits against HHS mandate

Catholic medical school affiliates with hospital censured by bishop

New proposal would remove mandate's penalties for religious employers

Bishops urge Congress to fix health law flaws after high court decision

Court rejects much of Arizona immigration law, upholds status checks

43 Catholic dioceses, groups sue to stop HHS contraception mandate

Obama 'accommodation' offers no fundamental change, USCCB attorneys say

'Unified, focused' bishops pledge to continue religious liberty defense

Bishop tells committee about 'absurd' effects of contraceptive mandate

Military chaplains told not to read archbishop's letter on HHS mandate

HHS move amounts to 'to hell with you,' bishop says as protests mount

HHS delays, but does not change, rule on contraceptive coverage

Studies show Catholic trends in marriage mirror society's

Top newsmaker, news story of 2011 announced

HHS secretary says girls under 17 must consult doctors to get Plan B

Obama seeks balance on contraception, religious beliefs

New Jersey nurses sue hospital over abortion policy

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