Catholic college to host progressive nun who embraces HHS mandate
Sister Simone Campbell may be a nun but she approves of the HHS mandate in Obamacare and has even appeared on the Colbert Report. She’s slated to give an address at Mount Marty College and the diocese of Sioux Falls doesn’t approve.
Dr. Susan Berry of Breitbart reports.
Sioux Falls Bishop Won’t Endorse Liberal Nun’s Remarks at Catholic College
The Catholic bishop of the diocese of Sioux Falls, South Dakota has not approved an address at a Catholic college presented by a nun who has embraced the HHS mandate.
According to the Associated Press, Bishop Paul Swain informed his clergy in a letter that he would not endorse a speech at Mount Marty College on the topic of “Health Care and the Poor” by Sister Simone Campbell on Thursday because of her views on ObamaCare and the HHS mandate.
Campbell, the executive director of NETWORK, a Catholic social justice education and lobbying group, is also a leader of the “Nuns on the Bus” tours that support liberal social activist causes. She appeared at the Democrat National Convention last year and has been a guest on The Colbert Report.
In his letter, Swain said the new health reform law does not protect religious liberty and that the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) opposes it. The HHS mandate, which is part of ObamaCare, requires most employers, including religious-affiliated hospitals, schools, and other groups to provide free contraceptives, sterilization, and abortion-inducing drugs to their workers through health insurance plans.
“I am aware that Sister Campbell supports the law in its fullness despite the critique of the bishops,” Swain said. “She has also indicated that she does not believe that there is a threat to religious liberty, contrary to the bishops’ clear warning.”
Sioux Falls Bishop Won't Endorse Liberal Nun's Remarks at Catholic College (Breitbart.com)