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House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., accompanied by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., right, speaks at a news conference following a GOP party conference at the Capitol, Wednesday, March 15, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
“Regarding access for those most in need, the AHCA includes changes which place many people at significant risk,” Bishop Frank J. Dewane wrote.
U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis. talks about the American Health Care Act during a March 8 news conference in Washington. (CNS photo/Joshua Roberts, Reuters) 
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Robert David Sullivan
The American Health Care Act seriously tests many principles of Catholic social teaching.
U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., raises the gavel during the opening session of the new Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 3. (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyNews
Catholic News Service
Health care is not just another issue, but a "fundamental issue of human life and dignity" and "a critical component of the Catholic Church's ministry."
The author, Heather Kirn Lanier, and her daughter
FaithFaith in Focus
Heather Kirn Lanier
On the subject of disability, I found a Jesus that is, frankly, disappointing.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Jean Welch Hill
Proposals to legalize assisted suicide overlook the proven benefits of mental health counseling for the terminally ill.
Mercy Sister Karen Schneider, who is a pediatrician, talks with the mother of a child in the emergency room at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore in 2014. U.S. health care seemed stuck in the waiting room for part of the year, holding out for its future prognosis from courtroom and political decisions. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Matthew Loftus
Jesus’ words are not a commentary on state welfare.