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		<title>WYD pilgrims: Blog central</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[World Youth Day officially gets underway tomorrow. That means, at long last, the hundreds of pilgrims from the Phoenix Diocese wrapped up their earlier rounds of pilgrimages to places like Rome, Assisi, Santiago and so on and are starting another. This time, instead of the 15-35 fellow pilgrims they traveled with, they&#8217;ll find themselves in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cardinal George praises Obama&#8217;s conscience clause promise</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 22:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.D. Long-García</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USCCB: Solidarity fund for Church in Africa posts new promotional materials</title>
		<link>http://www.blogtcs.com/2009/05/20/usccb-solidarity-fund-for-church-in-africa-posts-new-promotional-materials/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 19:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.D. Long-García</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Office of National Collections of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has posted new materials online to help parishes and dioceses promote participation in the Solidarity Fund for the Church in Africa. The new materials can be found on the USCCB Web site. Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Africa in March and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Immigration basics, Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.blogtcs.com/2009/05/05/immigration-basics-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 21:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.D. Long-García</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nearly five years ago, the U.S. bishops&#8217; Committee on Migration and The Catholic Legal Immigration Network, INC. Board of Directors, made immigration reform a priority. The campaign, they decided, would emphasize  legalization of undocumented immigrants living in the United States illegally. A diverse group of Catholic organizations with national networks joined the U.S. bishops&#8217; in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Immigration basics, Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 18:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.D. Long-García</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At last weeks National Workshop on Christian Unity, Tucson Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas spoke about the Church&#8217;s position on immigration reform. The bishop, vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops,  explained the U.S. Catholic bishops&#8217; five principles to guide immigration policy. They&#8217;re the same five principles we&#8217;ve been hearing for a while now, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USCCB calls ACLU suit meritless</title>
		<link>http://www.blogtcs.com/2009/01/15/usccb-calls-aclu-suit-meritless/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — An American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for awarding an anti-human trafficking contract to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Migration and Refugee Services is without merit and an affront to religious liberty, said Bishop John Wester of Salt Lake City, chairman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bishops address opportunities, challenges for new president, Congress</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.D. Long-García</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The U.S. bishops addressed opportunities and challenges in Jan. 13 letters to President-elect Barack Obama and Congress, according the a press release. The bishops promised “to make this period of national change a time to advance the common good and defend the life and dignity of all.” The letter, which outlined “an agenda [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. bishops misusing grant money?</title>
		<link>http://www.blogtcs.com/2009/01/14/us-bishops-misusing-grant-money/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.D. Long-García</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Civil Liberties Union is claiming that the U.S. bishops are imposing their &#8220;religious views&#8221; on victims of human trafficking, according to an Associated Press story published Monday. You see, the bishops won&#8217;t let any agency they support provide abortions, contraception or emergency contraception. Am I the only one not surprised? They also say [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catholics support immigration reform, poll finds</title>
		<link>http://www.blogtcs.com/2008/11/18/catholics-support-immigration-reform-poll-finds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.D. Long-García</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A recent Zogby poll of Catholics nationwide showed overwhelming support for reform of the nation’s immigration laws, with Catholics supporting a path to citizenship for the estimated 12 million people in the country illegally. The poll conducted Oct. 17-20, included a sample of 1,000 people who self-identified as Roman Catholics and was commissioned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preview of U.S. bishops&#8217; November meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new translation of the Psalms, the proper of the seasons and a new blessing for children in the womb are on the U.S. bishops&#8217; agenda for their Nov. 10-13 general assembly in Baltimore. The bishops’ Committee on Divine Worship is requesting a vote on several items including the approval of the Revised Grail Psalter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Enforcement raids should be abandoned&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.blogtcs.com/2008/09/10/enforcement-raids-should-be-abandoned/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.D. Long-García</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Concerned for families, communities, bishops urge President Bush, DHS to drop raids WASHINGTON— Speaking on behalf of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), Bishop John C. Wester, chairman of the Bishops’ Committee on Migration, urged the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and President Bush to reexamine the use of worksite enforcement raids as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helping victims of domestic violence</title>
		<link>http://www.blogtcs.com/2008/09/06/helping-victims-of-domestic-violence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:57:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.D. Long-García</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Church increasingly responsive to domestic violence, according to survey WASHINGTON — Catholic dioceses are getting better and better at responding to domestic \violence, according to survey results released in time for the annual observance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October. The survey, Diocesan Responses to Domestic Violence, was conducted last spring. It was sponsored [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labor Day: Seeking justice</title>
		<link>http://www.blogtcs.com/2008/08/22/labor-day-seeking-justice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.D. Long-García</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. bishops called Catholics to “renewed vigor as we seek to build together a society that cares for its own, reaches out to the poor and vulnerable, and offers true hope to all&#8221; in their annual Labor Day statement. &#8220;Poverty has many faces. And they are the faces of our brothers and sisters here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. bishops: &#8216;Pray for November election&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.blogtcs.com/2008/08/19/us-bishops-pray-for-november-election/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogtcs.com/2008/08/19/us-bishops-pray-for-november-election/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.D. Long-García</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is asking U.S. Catholics to pray a novena for life, justice, and peace before the November election. The novena, called &#8220;Novena for Faithful Citizenship,&#8221; is a podcast and available for download. Joan Rosenhauer, associate director for the U.S. bishops&#8217; Department of Justice, Peace and Human Development, said [...]]]></description>
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