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Catholics urged to join in ‘fortnight for freedom’

WASHINGTON (CNS)—American Catholics must resist unjust laws “as a duty of citizenship and an obligation of faith,” a committee of the U.S. bishops said in a new statement on religious liberty..... [read more]

Pontiff turns 85

CNS photo/Gregorio Borgia, pool via Reuters
Children dressed in traditional Bavarian garb dance for Pope Benedict XVI during the pontiff's 85th birthday celebrations in the Clementine Hall at the Vatican April 16. The pope will mark the seventh anniversary of his election to the papacy on April 19.