Washington D.C., Oct 12, 2012 / 09:57 am
The U.S. bishops criticized Vice President Joe Biden for an "inaccurate statement of fact" about the HHS mandate's impact on religious institutions during last night's vice presidential debate.
"With regard to the assault on the Catholic Church, let me make it absolutely clear," said Biden during the Oct. 11 debate in Danville, Ky.
"No religious institution-Catholic or otherwise, including Catholic social services, Georgetown hospital, Mercy hospital, any hospital-none has to either refer contraception, none has to pay for contraception, none has to be a vehicle to get contraception in any insurance policy they provide," he argued. "That is a fact."
"This is not a fact," responded the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in an Oct. 12 statement.