Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami filed a lawsuit against the federal government on Friday over the government’s requirement for religious groups to provide contraceptives, charging that the mandate violates the constitutional freedom of religion.
“I am defending religious freedom for the Catholic Church and its many ministries,” said Wenski in a news conference at the Pastoral Center in Miami Shores, hub for the Archdiocese of Miami. “The mandate jeopardizes our freedom to serve in a way congruent to our consciences and the moral teachings of our faith.”
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