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Wednesday, March 06, 2013
This week marks a pivotal time in the intersection of our state and the Catholic Church, as Illinois House lawmakers prepare to vote on redefinition of marriage legislation.
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Monday, August 27, 2012
This Scripture verse calls us to put our faith into action, since Jesus Christ is always with us. And now Cardinal George and the other five diocesan bishops of Illinois are calling on you to put your faith into action with the Catholic Conference of Illinois and its Illinois Catholic Advocacy Network (I-CAN).
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Monday, March 21, 2011
In their early history, many Catholic Charities’ agencies served as orphanages to care for the most vulnerable children in their communities. Today, Catholic Charities continues this tradition of caring for children through foster care and adoption services. Earlier this month, there was an article in The Chicago Tribune about religious organizations, such as Catholic Charities, that contract with the State of Illinois to provide foster care and adoption services, and their practices with regard to same-sex couples seeking to become foster or adoptive parents.
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Monday, November 08, 2010
A moratorium on death penalty executions, imposed by an Executive Order from the Governor, has been in place for ten years in Illinois. However, the death penalty still exists in our state, and the moratorium on executions could be lifted at any time. At the same time, there is great momentum around current efforts to abolish the death penalty, and legislation to do so may be considered during the fall veto session (November 16-18 and November 29-December 2) in Springfield.
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Monday, March 08, 2010
Do you find yourself thinking in a 140 character limit? Do you use abbreviations more than complete sentences? If you can remember Ronald Reagan as President then Facebook, Twitter, is probably not where you go to interact with others.
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Monday, August 24, 2009
The summer months generally provide slower news cycles than other times of the year, but the debate over reforming our health care is providing plenty to talk about.
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