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	<title>Ruth Institute Blog &#187; Catholic Church</title>
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		<title>Army Silences Catholic Chaplains</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2012/02/09/army-silences-catholic-chaplains/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Todd Starnes The Obama administration has been accused of telling Catholic military chaplains what they can and cannot say from their pulpits after the Army ordered Catholic chaplains not to read a letter to parishioners from their archbishop. The Secretary of the Army feared the letter could be viewed as a call for civil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Military Tells Catholic Chaplains What They Can and Can&#8217;t Say About Obama Administration&#8217;s Assault on Religion</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2012/02/08/military-tells-catholic-chaplains-what-they-can-and-cant-say-about-obama-administrations-assault-on-religion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2012/02/08/military-tells-catholic-chaplains-what-they-can-and-cant-say-about-obama-administrations-assault-on-religion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birth Control]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=10168</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by Jim Hoft Last week Cardinal-designate Timothy Dolan lashed out at the Obama Administration for forcing religious organizations to go out into the marketplace and buy a product that violates their conscience. The rule would force Christian organizations to provide free contraceptives, sterilizations and abortion drugs to workers even though this violates Catholic Church teaching. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Six Things Everyone Should Know About The HHS Mandate</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2012/02/08/six-things-everyone-should-know-about-the-hhs-mandate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[February 6, 2012 WASHINGTON— The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops offers the following clarifications regarding the Health and Human Services regulations on mandatory coverage of contraceptives, sterilization and abortion-inducing drugs. 1.The mandate does not exempt Catholic charities, schools, universities, or hospitals. These institutions are vital to the mission of the Church, but HHS does [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The end of the world as we know it</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2012/02/08/the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=10139</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by Dr. Jennifer Roback  Morse No, I’m not exaggerating. The American Experiment in religious liberty is officially over. The First Amendment provided institutional structures that allow different religions to peacefully coexist. All groups agree to NOT try to capture governmental structures for the benefit of their own particular denomination.  But the Obama Administration has ended [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHITE HOUSE MISREPRESENTS ITS OWN CONTRACEPTIVE MANDATE</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2012/02/04/white-house-misrepresents-its-own-contraceptive-mandate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2012/02/04/white-house-misrepresents-its-own-contraceptive-mandate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON—The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued the following response to the February 2 post on the White House blog.  The Obama administration, to justify its widely criticized mandate for contraception and sterilization coverage in private health plans, has posted a set of false and misleading claims on the White House blog (“Health Reform, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catholics United’s defense of contraception mandate draws criticism</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2012/02/04/catholics-united%e2%80%99s-defense-of-contraception-mandate-draws-criticism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Kevin J. Jones Washington D.C., Jan 25, 2012 / 05:52 pm (CNA).- A Democratic-leaning Catholic group’s favorable reaction to the Obama administration’s new contraception mandate is being criticized for neglecting the threat to religious freedom and wrongly claiming that contraception lowers the abortion rate. “This is a real attack on the religious freedom of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great quote from Archbishop Timothy Dolan</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2012/01/26/great-quote-from-archbishop-timothy-dolan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2012/01/26/great-quote-from-archbishop-timothy-dolan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=10072</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The Catholic Church defends religious liberty, including freedom of conscience, for everyone. The Amish do not carry health insurance. The government respects their principles. Christian Scientists want to heal by prayer alone, and the new health-care reform law respects that. Quakers and others object to killing even in wartime, and the government respects that principle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scott Hahn Coming to San Diego</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/12/10/scott-hahn-coming-to-san-diego/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/12/10/scott-hahn-coming-to-san-diego/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 21:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Breaking the Bread: A Fresh Approach to the New Testament and the Eucharist&#8221; Dr Scott Hahn Exceptionally popular Catholic speaker, author, and internationally renowned biblical scholar and theologian is visiting San Diego. Sunday January 8, 2012 7pm  St. Therese of Carmel Catholic Church Carmel Valley Dr. Hahn&#8217;s talks have been effective in helping thousands of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nunsense about the pill</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/12/09/nunsense-about-the-pill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/12/09/nunsense-about-the-pill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birth Control]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[P.S. Nulliparity definition: A medical term used to refer to a condition or state in which a woman has never given birth to a child, or has never carried a pregnancy. by Alex Perrottet Why the hazards of nulliparity in the cloister have nothing to do with the Vatican. Did you know that the Catholic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>San Diego&#8217;s First-Ever Catholic &#8220;Divorce Prevention&#8221; Workshop Jan 21</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/12/09/san-diegos-first-ever-catholic-divorce-prevention-workshop-jan-21/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/12/09/san-diegos-first-ever-catholic-divorce-prevention-workshop-jan-21/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=9761</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“I hope this will be a great success. It is certainly needed!” ~Bishop Cordileone 12/4/11~ Divorce Prevention 101: Healing Hurts &#38; Finding Love that Lasts!  Several local parishes have decided it&#8217;s time to do something about the divorce rate within our Catholic community. And Bishop Cordileone agrees. In fact, you&#8217;ll see his full endorsement in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Immaculate Conception and the culture of the Prop 8 trial</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/12/08/the-immaculate-conception-and-the-culture-of-the-prop-8-trial/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/12/08/the-immaculate-conception-and-the-culture-of-the-prop-8-trial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:53:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=9732</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I just came from Mass in honor of the feast of the Immaculate Conception. I will soon head off to the airport to go to SF, for the Prop 8 trial.  It is fitting that this trial take place on this feast day.  I realize that many of my readers are not Catholic, and think [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foundation funds pro-homosexual events on Catholic campuses</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/12/06/foundation-funds-pro-homosexual-events-on-catholic-campuses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/12/06/foundation-funds-pro-homosexual-events-on-catholic-campuses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=9675</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent conference series on “Sexual Diversity and the Catholic Church,” held at two Catholic universities as well as two secular institutions, was subsidized by a foundation with a long history of support for homosexual attacks on Catholic Church teaching, the Cardinal Newman Society has discovered. The “More Than a Monologue” conference series included four [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maryland Bishops&#8217; Statement on Religious Freedom</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/11/23/maryland-bishops-statement-on-religious-freedom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/11/23/maryland-bishops-statement-on-religious-freedom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ginny</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=9558</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Catholic Bishops of Maryland have issued a statement, &#8220;The Most Sacred of All Property:  Religious Freedom and the People of Maryland.&#8221; Despite its title, the principles it lays out and the examples it uses are applicable to the entire United States.  People of all faiths, not just Catholics, will find it a helpful defense [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catholic Charities in IL closed foster care and adoption services</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/11/21/catholic-charities-in-il-closed-foster-care-and-adoption-services/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/11/21/catholic-charities-in-il-closed-foster-care-and-adoption-services/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=9523</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[STATEMENT OF  MOST REVEREND EDWARD K. BRAXTON, BISHOP OF BELLEVILLE,  MOST REVEREND R. DANIEL CONLON, BISHOP OF JOLIET, AND MOST REVEREND THOMAS JOHN PAPROCKI, BISHOP OF SPRINGFIELD IN ILLINOIS  REGARDING THE ENDING OF APPEALS OF FOSTER CARE LITIGATION It is with deep regret that we have decided to relinquish our appeals in the litigation concerning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Celebrates Joan of Arc’s Big 6-0-0</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/11/17/baltimore-symphony-orchestra-celebrates-joan-of-arc%e2%80%99s-big-6-0-0/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:58:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Katherine Boyle, November 15, 2011 Political symbol. Feminist role model. Mystic. Saint. Warrior. Joan of Arc turns 600 this January, making her one of the oldest female heroines in Western history. The Maid of Orleans, a teenager who took to horseback to lead a weak and demoralized French army to defeat the English in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The end of Illinois Catholic Charities</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/11/17/the-end-of-illinois-catholic-charities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Charlie Butts and Bob Kellogg After 90 years of assisting in providing foster care for children, Catholic Charities of Illinois has been forced to cease services. The problem began with passage of the Illinois civil unions law for same-gender pairs, which led the state to force Christian foster care and adoption organizations to consider [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Catholic Strategy in Shambles</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/11/17/obamas-catholic-strategy-in-shambles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/11/17/obamas-catholic-strategy-in-shambles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/11/15/obamas_catholic_strategy_in_shambles_112067.html Obama&#8217;s Catholic outreach is being revealed as a transparent ploy a year before he faces re-election. A portion of the Democratic coalition &#8212; including civil libertarians and pro-choice activists &#8212; has decided to attack and marginalize Catholic leaders and institutions. And HHS is actively siding against Catholic organizations. &#8220;We are in a war,&#8221; Sebelius [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sebelius&#8217; War Lands Her in Court</title>
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		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/11/10/sebelius-war-lands-her-in-court/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 03:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Belmont Abbey College enters David-and-Goliath fight against the feds over mandate to cover contraceptives. Early last month, President Obama bragged to a St. Louis crowd about the recent Health and Human Services’ regulations that will require thousands of religious employers to pay for contraception, sterilization and drugs that probably cause abortions. The crowd cheered the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York archbishop decrees no same-sex ‘marriages’ in Catholic churches, properties</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/11/10/new-york-archbishop-decrees-no-same-sex-%e2%80%98marriages%e2%80%99-in-catholic-churches-properties/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Thaddeus Baklinski NEW YORK, November 8, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) &#8211; Following the legalization of same-sex “marriage” in New York in June, Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan has issued an official statement banning the use of Roman Catholic churches, facilities or properties for homosexual “marriage” ceremonies. “No Catholic facility or property, including but not limited to parishes, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protect conscience rights from government threat</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/10/16/protect-conscience-rights-from-government-threat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/10/16/protect-conscience-rights-from-government-threat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 03:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Sheila Liaugminas Given the expressed intent of the Founding Fathers in establishing a free, just and virtuous society, the importance of morality as its foundation, and their recourse to God from the beginning through recent history…it’s remarkable that we are in this battle now. But some of our fundamental rights are under an unprecedented [...]]]></description>
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