Leslie Woodcock Tentler is a history professor at the Catholic University of America and the author of Catholics and Contraception: An American History.

Sept. 27, 2009, The Vancouver Sun article about the 2009 Vancouver Peace Summit where the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu jointly received the Fetzer Prize for Love and Forgiveness.

John Brehany is executive director of the Catholic Medical Association. He says there has been some confusion about whether and when sterilization is ever acceptable at Catholic hospitals. His organization opposes the contraception coverage rule and says the revised mandate falls far short of addressing opponents’ concerns.

Read a Feb. 9, 2012, article at Slate.com on how, historically, the issue of contraceptives divided Catholics and Protestants.

Read a Feb. 10, 2012, op-ed column in The Wall Street Journal by Roman Catholic Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Rabbi Meir Y. Soloveichik and Charles Colson.

Read a Feb. 10, 2012, Christian Post story about some Christian leaders and organizations responding negatively after Obama tweaked the initial coverage mandate in an attempt to accommodate religious objections.

Read a Feb. 11, 2012, Christian Post story about some Christian leaders and organizations responding positively after Obama tweaked the initial coverage mandate in an attempt to accommodate religious objections.

Read a Feb. 20, 2012, New York Times story about how the growth of Catholic hospitals might limit access to reproductive care.

Read a Feb. 23, 2012, Reuters story about the first major lawsuit being filed over the coverage mandate. The plaintiffs include seven states, as well as Catholic groups and individuals.