The HHS mandate "would have jeopardized the future of Catholic Charities of Pittsburgh with heavy fines for refusing to facilitate certain government mandates which the Catholic Church deems immoral,” said Bishop David Zubik of the Diocese of Pittsburgh.
“The Constitution of the United States guarantees every religious institution" the inalienable right to practice its own beliefs, "not just freedom of worship,” they say.
Saying it's "really hard to believe that it happened," the bishop of Pittsburgh has taken aim at the Obama administration's abortifacient birth control mandate.