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Charitable giving down in '09, but upswing predicted Print E-mail
By Felix Rivera - Catholic News Service   
Wednesday, 14 July 2010
Charitable giving dropped about 5 percent in 2009, representing a total decrease of $11.2 billion, according to a new study from the Boston College Center on Wealth and Philanthropy.
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U.S. bishops criticize rulings against federal marriage act Print E-mail
By Catholic News Service   
Wednesday, 14 July 2010
The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee for the Defense of Marriage July 12 criticized a federal judge’s ruling in two Massachusetts cases that a key provision of the Defense of Mar­riage Act is un­constitutional.

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Archbishop Kurtz
“To claim that defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman is somehow irrational, prejudiced or even bigoted is a great disservice not only to truth but the good of the nation,” Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville, Ky., said in a statement July 12.
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Religious freedom to be focus of 2011 World Peace Day message Print E-mail
By Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service   
Tuesday, 13 July 2010
Pope Benedict XVI will focus on religious freedom’s contribution to peace in his World Peace Day message for 2011, the Vatican said.
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Bishops launch new marriage initiative Print E-mail
By The Catholic Spirit   
Wednesday, 30 June 2010
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee for the Defense of Marriage has launched a new initiative for the protection of marriage, entitled Marriage: Unique for a Reason. The initiative is to help catechize and educate Catholics on the meaning of marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
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