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USCCB: George issues blunt challenge to Obama on abortion
Posted on Nov 10, 2008 10:16am CST.By JOHN L. ALLEN JR.
Baltimore
Cardinal Francis George, speaking this morning as president of the U.S. bishops’ conference, said all Americans should “rejoice” that a country which once tolerated slavery has elected an African-American as president – and, in the same breath, he issued a blunt challenge to the new administration on abortion.
USCCB: We'll both help Obama and challenge him, George says
Posted on Nov 10, 2008 13:58pm CST.By JOHN L. ALLEN JR.
Baltimore
USCCB: Catholic charities shouldn't go secular, Vatican official warns
Posted on Nov 10, 2008 16:28pm CST.By JOHN L. ALLEN JR.
Baltimore
Ahead of a discussion by the U.S. bishops of now-severed links between their top domestic anti-poverty program and the controversial ACORN network, the pope’s top lieutenant on charitable activities has warned that Catholic relief agencies must not lose their religious identity.








