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New deportation reviews policy may allow some to stay in U.S.

Tuesday, 23 August 2011 14:28

An Obama administration announcement that new discretion will be exercised in whether to deport immigrants who do not have criminal records was hailed by advocates for immigrants and supporters of comprehensive reform.

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More people around world face restrictions on religion

Tuesday, 16 August 2011 14:29

Close to one-third of the world's citizens have faced increased restrictions on religious practice and expression imposed on them by their respective nations' governments, according to a study issued Aug. 9 by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Public Life.

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LCWR assembly: A meeting of ‘contemplative activists’

Tuesday, 16 August 2011 14:15

The vice president of the Sisters of St. Francis of Dubuque, Iowa, is the new president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, and a Sister of St. Francis of Assisi from Wisconsin was chosen as president-elect at the closing of the organization's Aug. 9-12 annual assembly in Garden Grove, where members described themselves as "contemplative activists."

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S.F. official proposes regulating crisis pregnancy centers

Tuesday, 09 August 2011 13:09

A San Francisco supervisor introduced legislation Aug. 2 aimed at stopping pro-life medical clinics from using "misleading advertising" in billboards and in pay-per-click Google ads that implies they offer abortion or abortion referrals.

The legislation is part of a campaign by NARAL Pro-Choice America to require crisis pregnancy centers to state up front that they do not provide abortions. The U.S. District Court ruled in January that Baltimore's ordinance violated pregnancy centers' right to free speech and the city of Baltimore has appealed.

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Contraceptives, health insurance and religious exemptions

Tuesday, 09 August 2011 13:01

State contraceptive mandates are widespread, but not as broad as HHS plan.

In more than half of the states, Catholic officials have been living for years with mandates that health insurance plans must cover FDA-approved contraceptives in their prescription drug plans.

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Papal intentions for June: That a culture of dialogue, listening, and mutual respect may prevail among peoples; That where secularization is strongest, Christian communities may effectively promote a new evangelization.