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The Bishop of Digne in his garden

Books and Reading

Les Misérables Chapter-a-Day Read-along: The Bishop

Welcome to week two of the Les Misérables Chapter-a-Day Read-along. We’re now seven chapters into the book, and the story so far has been dominated by one man: the Bishop of Digne. Dominated is probably too strong a word for someone with his humility and charity, but he certainly makes an impression, and for all the right reasons. To my mind, the Bishop of Digne is one of the most memorable saintly characters in all of literature. But he almost wasn’t. Get Rid of That Bishop In the mid 1800’s,...

Cardinal-elect Dolan and President Obama

Politics

The US Bishops Respond to the White House’s Attempt to Clarify HHS “Confusion”

On February 1, 2012, Cecilia Muñoz wrote a White House blog post intended to “make sure you have the facts,” about the ill-considered HHS ruling regarding religious institutions and health care plans. Yesterday the USCCB responded to that post with its own statement, which follows here in full: The Obama administration, to justify its widely criticized mandate for contraception and sterilization coverage in private health plans, has posted a set of false and misleading claims on the White House blog (“Health Reform, Preventive Services, and Religious Institutions,” February...