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		<title>&#8220;To Hell With You&#8221;, &#8220;Anybody But Catholics&#8221; and other Reactions to HHS Mandate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There has been much reaction to the recent HHS edict that will force Catholics to violate their conscience. 
Bishop David Zubik of the Diocese of Pittsburgh wrote, &#8220;It is really hard to believe that it ...]]></description>
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		<title>Free Exercise No Longer Free or Exercisable</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By now you’ve heard of the Department of Health and Human Service’s (HHS) religious liberty-violating mandate that employers must cover sterilization, abortion-causing drugs and contraception. The directive includes no real regard for religious beliefs or ...]]></description>
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		<title>In Memory of Cardinal Anthony Bevilaqua</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Pennsylvania Catholic Conference (PCC) bids farewell today to former Archbishop of Philadelphia, Cardinal Anthony Bevilaqua, who died last week at the age of 88. The Solemn Funeral Mass for Cardinal Bevilacqua is scheduled to ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pacatholic.org/catholic-education/in-memory-of-cardinal-anthony-bevilaqua/#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<title>80 Organizations Call on Corbett to Resume State Mortgage Program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A coalition of 80 housing, religious, labor, legal, Latino, women’s and social services organizations called on Governor Corbett to restart the Homeowners Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program (HEMAP) by including adequate funding for the program in ...]]></description>
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		<title>Faith. Academics. Service. Let’s Celebrate Our Catholic Schools</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week, Catholic schools across the nation and in Pennsylvania are celebrating National Catholic School Week.  This one-week observance is an annual celebration of the important role that Catholic schools across the country play in ...]]></description>
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		<title>The bill for our failure to pass school choice over the past decade has come due</title>
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Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia, who also serves as Chairman of the PCC, wrote about the action necessary to pass school choice in his weekly column,
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&#8220;In the coming week I’ll be writing every state senator ...]]></description>
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		<title>Women’s Right to Know Act: Informed Pregnancy Decisions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On the same day that thousands of pro-life supporters were marking the anniversary of Roe v. Wade by marching in Washington, DC, state legislators in Harrisburg were urging their colleagues to support life here in ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pacatholic.org/life-dignity/women%e2%80%99s-right-to-know-act-informed-pregnancy-decisions/#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<title>HHS Denies Rights of Conscience</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thousands of our fellow Pennsylvanians are travelling to Washington, D.C., today to mark the anniversary of Roe vs. Wade.  On Friday, the Obama Administration announced that it would not honor the request of millions of ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pacatholic.org/religious-liberty/hhs-denies-rights-of-conscience/#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<title>HHS Edict Forces Conscience Violation</title>
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SEND A MESSAGE TO CONGRESS IN SUPPORT OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY HERE.
The Catholic bishops of the United States called the decision by the Obama Administration to continue to demand that sterilization, abortion-causing drugs and contraception be ...]]></description>
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		<title>Pope Names Bishop Skurla Head Of Pittsburgh Archeparchy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pope Benedict XVI has named 55-year-old Bishop William Skurla of the Byzantine Eparchy of Passaic, New Jersey, as Archbishop of the Byzantine Archeparchy of Pittsburgh.
The appointment was publicized in Washington, January 19, by Archbishop Carlo ...]]></description>
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