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The Moral Obligation to Cover the Uninsured

Next time you go to Mass, look around you. Ask yourself, who among these churchgoers is uninsured? The young family with two squirming toddlers, the middle-aged empty nesters in the next pew, or the recent college graduate singing in the choir; are they covered? Nearly 90% of Pennsylv
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March 05, 2009
by Hill
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Executive Authority

Most people understand at an elementary level how a bill becomes a law and how the judicial system governs our daily lives, but an often-ignored source of law are rules and regulations that stem from the executive authority of the president or a governor. While the Church is vigilant
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February 12, 2009
by Hill
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abortion, column, executive, life, Mexico City Policy, Obama, president

The Humanity of Every Unborn Child

We need to put the 2007 Pennsylvania Abortion Statistics report in perspective. We must remember that the women and the babies represented by these numbers are human beings. They are God's children. They are unique and special individuals. Each abortion represents a lost life and
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February 12, 2009
by Hill
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abortion, babies, column, life, statistics, women

EITC Spells Success

Maria will be a seventh-grader at the Cathedral School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania this fall. She spells success – EITC. A scholarship made possible by a business’s generous contribution through Pennsylvania’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) program allows her family to ch
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August 01, 2008
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Catholic Education Posts, column, DCED, education, EITC, PCC column, Pennsylvania

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