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RIP Religious Liberty

Remember tomorrow — August 1, 2012. Remember this day as the day our most cherished liberty evaporated. Religious liberty had a good run. It nearly survived 221 years from when the Constitution’s First Amendment went into effect. That’s right — …

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2012 Congressional Town Hall / Event List

We are encouraging people of faith to visit with their Member of Congress during the August recess and urge them to support the Respect for Rights of Conscience Act to fix the HHS mandate and additional conscience violations contained in …

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Archbishop Chaput’s Fortnight for Freedom Homily

The Fortnight for Freedom was concluded with Mass celebrated at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. on July 4, 2012. Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia delivered the Homily. July 4, 2012 ARCHBISHOP CHAPUT’S …

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Remembering the Blessings of Liberty

We launched the Virtual Vigil for Religious Liberty to support the Bishops’ call for a two week period of prayer, education, and action in support of religious liberty, and today it comes to a close. 5,256 people of faith joined …

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It’s not just the HHS mandate

There has been so much attention in the media to the egregious HHS mandate that other attacks on our religious liberty have been overshadowed. For Day 12 of the Fortnight of Freedom, we wanted to remind you about some of …

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“If Catholics want different policy, change the policy makers!”

Catholic Advocate President Matt Smith was at the Supreme Court this morning when they issued their 5 to 4 ruling on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. He made the following statement in response to the …

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Fortnight for Freedom – Reports from the Dioceses

Catholics are less than 4% of the population in the state of Alabama but that is not stopping them from rallying all people of faith to stand for religious liberty. Our friend Quin Hillyer writes today at National Review Online …

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Prayer for the Protection of Religious Liberty

For all those keeping watch during the Virtual Vigil for Religious Liberty, we have one small request today: Join us in praying the Prayer for the Protection of Religious Liberty today. O God our Creator, Through the power and working …

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Virtual Vigil for Religious Liberty Has Great Start

Over 2,000 People of Faith have joined virtual march on Washington, D.C. during first two days of ‘Fortnight for Freedom’ We at Catholic Advocate are answering our Catholic Bishops’ call for a “a time of prayer, education, and action in …

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Maryland Catholics Working Against Church

Every morning, we receive media alerts about Catholic Advocate. This morning a clip arrived mentioning a “Catholic advocate” who was organizing Catholics in Baltimore for Marriage. We opened the link with the hope of encouragement about Maryland Catholics working together …

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