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WASHINGTON — Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, praised President Barack Obama’s promise to support conscience clauses.
“Caring health professionals and institutions should know that their deeply held religious or moral convictions will be respected as they exercise their right to serve patients in need,” Cardinal Francis George [...]

As far as I know, there aren’t any specifically Catholic activities surrounding President Barack Obama’s visit to Arizona State University tonight. The last time he was here, though, we did a story about an non-political prayer vigil at St. Timothy Parish in Mesa.
Here’s the video from the event:

Cardinal Justin Rigali, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities, today called President Obama’s executive order on embryonic stem cell research “a sad victory of politics over science and ethics.” Under the order, for the first time in U.S. history, federal tax dollars will be used to encourage researchers to [...]

It was exciting, but also a bit anticlimactic to cover President Barack Obama’s visit to Mesa. Well, I didn’t really cover his visit as much as I covered the St. Timothy Parish prayer vigil across the street.
I arrived at St. Tim’s early yesterday, hours before the 8:30 a.m. Mass. I’d heard there’d be a lot [...]

Catholics will gather for a peaceful prayer vigil tomorrow for human dignity at St. Timothy Parish in Mesa. President Barack Obama will be speaking at 10 a.m. across the street at Dobson High School.
The vigil will with Mass at 8:30 a.m., but those planning to attend are encouraged to arrive between before 6:30 a.m. due [...]