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The Catholic bishops of the United States have spent the better part of the past decade heroically fighting against government mandates that undermine religious freedom and personal conscience. After investing so much effort resisting such mandates, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has found a mandate to support. That
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"Will the real Mitt Romney please stand up?" Had he ever appeared on the long-running television game show To Tell The Truth, Mitt Romney would have made broadcast history as the first contestant to fill all three chairs.
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The unrelenting speed and undiminished fervor with which liberals are killing the careers of their former comrades in politics, the media, and the arts may appear unseemly and contradictory at first glance. Yet based on historical precedent, it's also remarkably predictable, perhaps even axiomatic. It's what
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On October 3, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln reinvigorated the tradition of the Presidential Thanksgiving Proclamation. Lincoln selected a date precisely 74 years after President George Washington had inaugurated the Thanksgiving Proclamation on October 3, 1789. Like the first President, Lincoln designated the last Thursday in November as a day for
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There are few more inspiring actions than witnessing a venerable institution alter course after having taken a contrary public position. In politics, such a change is frequently dismissed as a "climb down." In religion, Catholics and others view it as a sublime example of courage and wisdom — if
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The early October newspaper reports highlighted the same point over and over again. A compromise had been reached on the question about contraceptive health insurance coverage in Massachusetts in the event that national Obamacare policy was reformed or repealed. The word "compromise" usually implies that opposing sides make
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"You're more Catholic than the Pope." That type of gentle needling has been part of intra-Catholic repartee for decades. It demonstrates good-humored acknowledgement that a friend takes Catholicism very seriously. Going beyond Church rules, the "more Catholic" friend is making sacrifices or acting generously
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The concepts of pro-life and pro-choice are routinely placed in opposition to each other, dueling philosophies competing for adherents. Pro-life prioritizes the protection of innocent human life above other claims; pro-choice demands individual autonomy above all else. In brief form, that sums up each position. For obvious reasons, the political