Bishops
take action against nuns
over health care reform
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON (CNS) — At least two U.S. bishops have
taken actions to indicate their disapproval of the support some women’s
religious communities and the Catholic Health Association gave to the
final version of health care reform legislation.
Bishop Lawrence E. Brandt of Greensburg, Pa., has directed diocesan offices,
parishes and the diocesan newspaper not to promote the “vocation
awareness program of any religious community” that was a signatory
to a letter urging members of the House of Representatives to pass the
health reform bill.
In Providence, R.I., Bishop Thomas J. Tobin asked the Catholic Health
Association to remove the diocesan-sponsored St. Joseph Health Services
of Rhode Island from its membership rolls, saying that CHA leadership
had “misled the public and caused serious scandal” by supporting
health reform legislation that the bishops opposed.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops was against the measure because
it found the provisions on abortion funding and conscience protections
morally unacceptable.
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