Uncharitable Interpretation

Last year the 1,400 branches of Catholic Charities served 4.6 million meals and assisted 6 million needy clients. Most observers consider Catholic Charities to be one of the nation’s exemplary social-service agencies as well as, well, pretty Catholic. Not in California. According to the California legislature and the state’s Supreme Court, Catholic Charities of Sacramento is just not Catholic enough. In a 6-1 ruling earlier this month,...

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