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America needs virtuous citizens to survive, Weigel says

06:02 am | WASHINGTON D.C., Feb 10, 2012 (CNA).- The future of America depends upon the recognition that a democracy requires citizens formed in virtue in order to flourish, said Catholic scholar and author George Weigel.  
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Obama using state coercion against religious, Rep. Smith charges

09:00 pm | WASHINGTON D.C., Feb 9, 2012 (CNA/EWTN News).- President Barack Obama’s decision to require religious employers to provide insurance coverage for contraception and sterilization is an “unconscionable” violation of religious freedom, Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) says. 
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Center for child protection unveiled at Rome conference

06:43 pm | ROME, ITALY, Feb 9, 2012 (CNA/EWTN News).- An international symposium addressing clerical sex abuse concluded on Feb. 9 with the announcement of a new internet-based Center for Child Protection.  
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A bishop’s love can overcome his fears, Cardinal George says

02:08 pm | VATICAN CITY, Feb 9, 2012 (CNA/EWTN News).- A bishop’s love for Jesus Christ and the Church can overcome all his fears, Cardinal Francis George of Chicago said at St. Peter's tomb on Feb. 9. 
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Connecticut youth congress explores true meaning of freedom

Is freedom just the absence of rules, or something more? Over three hundred high school students will discuss what it means to be free, during the March 9-11 Convivio conference in Fairfield, Conn.
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Spanish bishops denounce TV censorship of religion ad

Catholic bishops in the Spanish dioceses of Bilbao, San Sebastian and Vitoria criticized the public television station EITB for pulling an ad that promoted religion classes in public schools.
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Rebel group should cease violence, Colombian archbishop says

Archbishop Ruben Salazar of Bogota, head of the Colombian bishops' conference, insisted that the local rebel group FARC put an end to the decades-long civil conflict in the country.
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EWTN sues US government over contraception mandate

Catholic media network EWTN sued the federal government Feb. 9, challenging the Obama administration's rule requiring many religious ministries to subsidize contraception and sterilization in their health plans.
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White House fails to call Catholic bishops for mandate talks

Despite rumors of a compromise on the government's controversial contraception mandate, the White House has not offered any concessions to the U.S. bishops’ conference and has not contacted them about possible negotiations.
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Mary Ann Glendon defends Romney on religious freedom

Mary Ann Glendon, former U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, defended presidential candidate Mitt Romney against claims that he required religious organizations to violate their consciences while he was governor of Massachusetts.
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After acquisition, Crisis Magazine re-launches website

Crisis Magazine relaunched its website on Feb. 7, after being recently acquired. The magazine's new leaders are promising to focus on providing a Catholic perspective on politics, culture, business, faith and family life.
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Compatibly Incompatible

by Marge Fenelon

The experts said we should never marry, but God’s grace has prevailed. At the time Mark and I became engaged, our diocese required couples to complete a six-month Pre-Cana program that involved...
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Abortion: A private matter between a woman and her … vending machine?

by Mary Hasson

At Shippensburg University, female students who hook-up for drunken sex on Saturday will find it easy to dispose of just-conceived babies on Monday or Tuesday. A quick trip to the vending machine...
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The HHS Mandate: Anti-Catholic and Un-American

by Father Robert Barron

Some years ago, Holy Cross Father James Burtchaell published a seminal book entitled The Dying of the Light.  The central thesis of this study was that hundreds of universities that began under...
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T-shirt Mistakes

by Deacon Patrick Moynihan

A colleague who has heard me tell stories about the odd t-shirts that end up in Haiti sent me a link to an article on mental_floss titled "What Happens to the Losing Team’s Championship Shirts?"...
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February 10, 2012

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First Reading:: 1 Kings 11:29-32; 12:19
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