usccb.org - 11/14/2008
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BALTIMORE Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), voiced hope for the Obama Administration but pointed to possible obstacles to our desired unity, in a Nov. 12 statement at the end of the annual fall assembly of the USCCB."The ...
catholicnewsagency.com - 11/21/2008
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Washington DC, Nov 17, 2008 / 02:27 pm
( CNA ) .- Cardinal James Francis Stafford, head...
of the Apostolic Penitentiary of the Holy See, delivered a lecture on Thursday saying that the future under President-elect Obama will echo Jesus' agony in ...
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usccb.org - 11/12/2008
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7 Cardinals currently lead U.S. archdioceses Cardinal Daniel
DiNardo - Galveston-Houston Cardinal Edward Egan New York...
Cardinal Francis George - Chicago Cardinal Roger Mahony Los Angeles Cardinal Adam Maida Detroit Cardinal Sean O'Malley - ...
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catholicnewsagency.com - 11/17/2008
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Washington DC, Nov 17, 2008 / 02:27 pm
( CNA ) .- Cardinal James Francis Stafford, head...
of the Apostolic Penitentiary of the Holy See, delivered a lecture on Thursday saying that the future under President-elect Obama will echo Jesus' agony in ...
(more)
Cardinal Stafford criticizes Obama as
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Catholic Bishops, Obama, and Abortion
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... Chicago's Cardinal George, the head of the USCCB, will get headlines for his warning to Obama about abortion, especially the Freedom of Choice Act. The adoption of a new " ...
CBS Mum on FOCA in Story On Priest Warning Pro-Obama Parishioners
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... In their annual meeting earlier this week, the nation's Roman Catholic bishops vowed to forcefully confront the Obama administration over its support for abortion rights, vowing to fight what they called "aggressively pro-abortion policies, legislation and executive orders." ...
Time’s Amy Sullivan Misrepresents FOCA Battle, Obama's Abortion Support
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... that Catholic medical institutions would suffer if FOCA passed: “Sister Carol Keehan, president and CEO of the Catholic Health Association, told the news agency [CNS, the Catholic News Service] that the legislation ‘has never contained anything that would force Catholic hospitals or Catholic personnel to do abortions or to participate in them.’” However, Cardinal Francis George, the current president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (a higher authority than Sister Keehan), issued a statement days after President Obama’s election which warned that FOCA ...
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