“A group of Catholic nuns is urging Congress to pass health care reform, breaking ranks with bishops who say the current bill does not do enough to block federal money from being used to fund abortions. … The nuns are siding with the Catholic Health Association, a group representing Catholic hospitals, which offered its support for reform earlier this week. Both groups are diverging from the powerful U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which stepped up its criticism of the bill in recent days. The president of the bishops conference, Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, said Monday that the bill’s language on abortion is not restrictive enough to satisfy Catholics.” (03/17/10)