ADVISORY

TO:    Members of the News Media

FROM:   USCCB Office of Media Relations

DATE:    December 16, 2009

WASHINGTON—The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has made available a side-by-side comparison of the language of the Hyde Amendment, the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) and the proposed Nelson/Hatch/Casey Amendment. The resource can be found online at: http://www.usccb.org/healthcare/hyde-s-by-s-landscape--AP-Marks.pdf.

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USCCB News Release

09-259
December 15, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
En Español

WASHINGTON—Bishop Thomas J. Curry, chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Committee on Catholic Education and auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles, praised an initiative to improve access to Catholic schools for Latino children.

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USCCB News Release

09-258
December 15, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WASHINGTON—The mission and the Trinitarian nature of the Church were discussed at the Fall meeting of the Faith and Order Commission of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA (NCC), at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois, October 15-17.

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WASHINGTON—“The Senate vote to table the Nelson-Hatch-Casey amendment is a grave mistake and a serious blow to genuine health care reform,” said Cardinal Francis George, President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. “The Senate is ignoring the promise made by President Obama and the will of the American people in failing to incorporate longstanding prohibitions on federal funding for abortion and plans that include abortion.”

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USCCB News Release

09-255
December 9, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WASHINGTON—The Catholic Church in the United States will celebrate National Vocation Awareness Week, January 10-16.

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