WASHINGTON (DC)
National Catholic Reporter
Joshua J. McElwee | Sep. 23, 2015 NCR Today
WASHINGTON Pope Francis made an unscheduled visit to a U.S. community of Catholic women religious that has been fighting against an Obama administration mandate covering contraceptives in health care plans, the Vatican spokesman said late Wednesday.
The pontiff met with a Washington-area community of the Little Sisters of the Poor, Jesuit Fr. Federico Lombardi said at a press briefing about the pope’s day in DC Wednesday.
Lombardi did not provide any further details about the visit.
The Little Sisters are one of a few Catholic and other faith-based groups that have been protesting the administration’s mandate, saying it forces them to support contraception and sterilization services that contradict their religious beliefs.
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