Faith of the Fathers Report

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

The following excerpts are from Catholic Culture's Catholic World News:

Several US Supreme Court justices expressed sympathy for plaintiffs challenging the federally mandated coverage of contraceptives, during oral arguments on March 25.
Based on the justices' questions, several leading journalists reported that the Court appeared likely to uphold the legal challenge mounted by the Hobby Lobby against the contraceptive mandate.

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Supreme Court hears Hobby Lobby case, hints sympathy for plaintiffs : News Headlines - Catholic Culture

The following excerpts are from Catholic Culture's Catholic World News:

Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, the president of the Italian bishops' conference, tore into plans for 'diversity education' in the nation's schools, saying that a proposed program aims as "an outright dictatorship aimed at flattening diversity."

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Italian cardinal blasts 'diversity education' : News Headlines - Catholic Culture

The following excerpts are from LifeSiteNews.com:

North Carolina's “Choose Life” license plates have been ruled unconstitutional by a U.S. Appeals Court today.
A three-judge panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling that such license plates violate the First Amendment, because the state does not also give residents the chance to purchase a license plate with a pro-abortion message.
The bill authorizing the pro-life plates, H.R. 854, became law in September 2011 after legislators voted down six amendments to offer competing plates bearing messages like “Respect Choice.”
State drivers could see $15 of their $25 specialty plate fee fund the Carolina Pregnancy Care Fellowship, a coalition of 76 crisis pregnancy centers that serve more than 3,000 women each year.
But the law never went into effect, because the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit.