By Bob Unruh
‘Everything they do advances the mission of the church’
A state court ruling in Wisconsin that Catholic Charities Bureau isn’t religious enough to be exempted from a required state unemployment program now is under review by the state Supreme Court.
“Catholic Charities Bureau, our diocese’s social ministry arm, carries on the work of Christ by reflecting gospel values; everything they do advances the mission of the church,” explained James Powers, bishop of the Diocese of Superior. “This backbone of our diocesan ministry has, for over a century, served those who have been forgotten, ignored, and pushed to the margins of society.”
At issue is a state mandate for organizations to pay into the state’s unemployment program, unless they are “religious.”
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