ARCWP Deacon Diane in Photo on New York Times today: Bishops Defend Fight Against Obama’s Policy on Birth Control Coverage" by Laurie Goodstein

(Photo of Deacon Diane Dougherty, ARCWP holding sign "Bishops- Please choose inclusion": T. Lynne Pixley for The New York Times)

Nun Justice members protested Wednesday at an Atlanta hotel where the bishops were meeting.

ATLANTA — "Ten years after a raging scandal forced the nation’s Roman Catholic bishops to adopt a package of policies for combating sexual abuse, the prelates on Wednesday heard a generally positive assessment of their progress at their annual meeting, and turned their attention to their newest overriding concern: their campaign to protect religious liberty.... "

Bridget Mary's Reflection:The Bishops advocate for their religious liberty which is in violation of the religious freedom of the Catholic Church because the majority of Catholics and non-Catholics alike support contraception coverage. Vatican II, which is an authoritative Council of the Church, which the Pope, Cardinals and bishops are supposed to obey, taught that the people of God are the church, not the hierarchy alone!

Bridget Mary Meehan, ARCWP

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