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Catholic World News July 1st, 2014

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EWTN wins injunction against enforcement of contraceptive mandate
The Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) has won a last-minute reprieve from enforcement of a federal mandate calling for required coverage of contraceptives in employees' health-care programs.
Citing the Burwell v. Hobby Lobby decision announced by the Supreme Court on June 30, the 11th federal circuit appeals court issued an injunction blocking fines that would have been assessed against EWTN beginning on July 1 for a failure to comply with the contraceptive mandate.
The 11th circuit court found, in issuing its order, that EWTN "has asserted, without dispute, that it 'is prohibited by its religion from signing, submitting, or facilitating the transfer of the government-required certification' necessary to opt out of the mandate." EWTN has challenged the federal regulation that compels religious employees to certify their objections to covering contraceptive costs. That certification triggers coverage of the contraceptives by other insurers.
The 11th circuit did not decide the merits of the EWTN lawsuit, but blocked enforcement of the HHS mandate until the case is decided.
Supreme Court upholds Hobby Lobby challenge to contraceptive mandate CWN - 7 hours ago
Finding that the “HHS’s contraceptive mandate substantially burdens the exercise of religion,” the US Supreme Court has ruled that the federal government cannot require private corporations to provide contraceptive coverage for their employees. In a 5-4 decision, the Court found that the contraceptive mandate, imposed by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in the implementation...
Council of Cardinals to weigh consolidation of pontifical councils CWN - 6 hours ago
The Council of Cardinals will begin four days of meetings on July 1, with the focus expected to be on reorganization of the Roman Curia. After the last meeting of the Council of Cardinals, in...
Seek the Lord, not security and power, Pope says to new metropolitan archbishops CWN - 13 hours ago
During Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Pope Francis conferred the pallium on 24 metropolitan archbishops who had been appointed in the past year. Recalling...
‘Look at one another with the eyes of faith,’ Pope tells Orthodox delegation CWN - 14 hours ago
On June 28, Pope Francis received a delegation sent to Rome by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople for the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul. The delegation was led by Metropolitan...
ISIL power threatens Christians in Syria, Iraq CWN - 5 hours ago
The growing power of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which now controls much of Iraq and Syria, has roused new fears for Christians in the region. Two Chaldean Catholic nuns...
Nigerian prelate asks for prayers after new Islamic attacks CWN - 6 hours ago
The president of the Nigerian Catholic bishops' conference has asked for prayers for his country, after a new rash of attacks by Islamic terrorists. Dozens of people were killed in three separate...
Korean officials 'very nervous' about security for papal visit CWN - 6 hours ago
Government officials in South Korea are "very nervous" about security arrangements for an August visit by Pope Francis, the AsiaNews service reports. The Pope will be in South Korea for Asia...
Papal appeal for Iraq CWN - 13 hours ago
At the conclusion of his June 29 Sunday Angelus address, Pope Francis issued an appeal for prayers to Mary for Iraq amid the “very painful” news coming from there. “I join the bishops of the...
Pope Francis: Saints Peter and Paul show transforming power of Christ’s grace CWN - 13 hours ago
The lives of Saints Peter and Paul show that the grace of Christ can transform us, even “if we should happen to fall into the gravest sins, and into the darkest night,” Pope Francis said in his June...
Medical professionals called to have hearts like Christ’s, says Pope CWN - 14 hours ago
The Holy See Press Office has published the homily that Pope Francis had intended to preach on June 27 at the Gemelli hospital in Rome. Instead, Cardinal Angelo Scola read the homily during the...
Historian confident in eventual beatification for Pope Pius XII CWN - 5 hours ago
Father Peter Gumpel, a Jesuit historian who has been active for years in the cause for beatification of Pope Pius XII, has told the Zenit news agency that he is confident the World War II-era...

Australian bishop 'emphatically denies' child-abuse charge, will appear in court CWN - 5 hours ago
Bishop Max Davis, who heads the ordinariate serving Australia’s armed forces, has been charged with sexual abuse. Bishop Davis will appear in court on July 25 in response to the charge, which...
Vatican reaches banking accord with US CWN - 6 hours ago
The Vatican’s Financial Information Authority (AIF) has signed an agreement with the US Comptroller of the Currency, providing for cooperation in banking regulations aimed at money-laundering and...
Turn to Mary in discerning your vocation, Pope tells Roman youth CWN - 13 hours ago
Pope Francis spoke about vocational discernment in a meeting with youth of the Diocese of Rome. The meeting took place on the evening of June 28 at the Lourdes Grotto in the Vatican...
Spanish king, enthroned without religious ceremony, meets with Pontiff CWN - 5 hours ago
King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain met with Pope Francis at the Vatican on June 30. The visit to Rome was the first foreign trip by King Felipe since he assumed the Spanish throne in June....
Bahrain: construction beginning for Catholic cathedral CWN - 6 hours ago
Construction is due to begin on a Catholic cathedral in Bahrain, one of the few Islamic countries that allows freedom of worship for Christians. When Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa met...
Pope's prayer intentions for July 2014 CWN - 7 hours ago
The Vatican has announced the prayer intentions of Pope Francis for July 2014. The Pope's universal intention is: "that sports may always be occasions of human fraternity and growth." His...
Pope receives president of Madagascar CWN - 14 hours ago
Pope Francis received Hery Rajaonarimampianina, the president of Madagascar since January, in audience on June 28. President Rajaonarimampianina also met with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the...
Top French court allows firing of employee who wore Islamic veil CWN - June 27
France's highest court has confirmed that a day-care center outside Paris had the right to dismiss an employee who refused to remove an Islamic veil. ''A private entity, in this case an...
Holy See reaches new accord with Serbia on higher education CWN - June 27
The Vatican has announced a new accord with the Republic of Serbia, governing cooperation between the government and the Catholic Church in higher education. The agreement commits Church and...
Russia placing new restrictions on churches in Crimea CWN - June 27
Having seized control of the Crimea, Russian officials have placed new restrictions on churches there, the Forum 18 news service reports. Religious communities in Crimea are being ordered to...

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