The insert urged readers to press Senate leaders to support efforts to “incorporate long-standing policies against abortion funding and in favor of conscience rights” in health reform legislation.
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Supreme Court Declines Appeal
The Diocese of Bridgeport said it was disappointed that the court declined to hear its final petition regarding the ordered release of documents from sex abuse cases.
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News Briefs
Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron of Detroit descended 1,200 feet into the salt of the earth to bless a newly made statue and shrine to St. Barbara, the patroness of miners.
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Letters
Family Reunion Re “Rome Open to Anglican Return” (Signs of the Times, 11/2): We are told that this promised apostolic constitution is a response to the many and frequent knocks that our separated brothers have made at the door of the Catholic Church. This easily brings to mind the parabl
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Bishops to Consider Life Issues, New Roman Missal and Marriage
Life issues from the test tube to the deathbed are on the agenda for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ fall general assembly.
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Respect Life: Welcome Migrants, Says Vatican
A Vatican official argues that since globalization has an impact on the movement of people, it must be the focus of Christian attention.
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Don t miss Regina Nigro s nbsp new review on our online Culture page of the new sci-fi series V in which she praises the show s appeal nbsp but also dissects its hidden xenophobia nbsp The show s theme–aliens cultivate relationships with humans on earth–proves to be morally problematic
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Burke Named to Congregation For Bishops
Archbishop Burke, 61, will help shape the episcopate not only in the United States but also around the world.
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Letters
Four Tough Questions I don’t have a problem with the bishops calling for abortion funding not to be included in the health care bill (Signs of the Times, 10/26). I do have a problem with what I see as the inconsistency involved in their position, especially when some of them say that politicia
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Hurdles Remain On Health Care
The U.S. bishops’ office is working behind the scenes to improve the health care bills to put them in line with their vision of health care.