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Religious Leaders Urge New Attention To Middle East Peace
WASHINGTON—The NationalInterreligious Leadership Initiative has voiced concern for efforts forArab-Israeli-Palestinian Peace in a statement issued March 1and noted the...
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The Catholic Relief Services Collection Helps ‘Jesus In Disguise’
WASHINGTON—The Catholic ReliefServices Collection prioritizes families, values their fundamental role insociety and strives to protect them. The national date for this...
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Senate Vote To Set Aside Conscience Act Marks Chance To Build Bipartisan Support, Seek Judicial Remedies For Religious Freedom
WASHINGTON—The Senate’s 51-48 voteMarch 1 to table the bipartisan Respect for Rights of Conscience Act (S. 1467),sponsored by Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO) and 37 other...
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HHS Mandate Creates Absurd Results, Bishop Lori Tells House Judiciary Committee
WASHINGTON—The Department ofHealth and Human Services mandate that would force virtually all employers to payfor sterilization and contraceptives, including abortion...
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Bishops Welcome Consumer Privacy Bill Of Rights
Washington—The United StatesConference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) welcomed the Administration's unveilingits "Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights," February 23. The privacy...
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Journey to the Foot of the Cross: Bishop Ricken Offers 10 Things to Remember For Lent
WASHINGTON—Bishop David L. Ricken of Green Bay, Wisconsin, chairmanof the Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis of the U.S. Conference ofCatholic Bishops (USCCB)...
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Pope Names Msgr. Sheltz Auxiliary Bishop Of Galveston-Houston
WASHINGTON—Pope Benedict XVI has named65-year-old Msgr. George A. Sheltz, vicar general, chancellor and moderator ofthe curia of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, as...
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Bishop Lori Tells Parable of the Kosher Deli and the Pork Mandate in Congressional Testimony
WASHINGTON—The mandate for virtually all private insurers, including most religiously-affiliated organizations such as Catholic hospitals, universities and charities, to...
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Cardinal Urges Senate Support of ‘Respect for Rights of Conscience Act’
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Senate urgently needs to support legislation that would apply longstanding federal law on conscience protection to the Patient Protection and...
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Mar Muñoz-Visoso Named Executive Director of USCCB’S Secretariat for Cultural Diversity in the Church
WASHINGTON—María del Mar Muñoz-Visoso has been appointed executive director of the Secretariat for Cultural Diversity in the Church of the U.S. Conference of Catholic...