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Bishops Warn of Threats to Religious Freedom in U.S.

Speaking just hours before Catholic Social Services in Illinois announced that the state's new civil union law was forcing them out of the adoption business, the head of the U.S. Bishops new committee on religious liberty warned the faithful that freedom of religion in America is being increasingly eroded.

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Homosexual Agenda Drives Illinois Catholic Charities Out of Business

Nearly a half century of foster care services provided by Catholic Charities in Illinois has come to an end as the dioceses fighting a civil union law requiring them to allow unmarried and same-sex couples to adopt decided to drop their lawsuit.

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Media Drags Catholic Church into Penn State Sex Scandal

Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS

While totally missing the real common denominator between the Penn State scandal and priest sex abuse - homosexual predation - the secular media is instead using the Penn State story as the vehicle for a new round of Church-bashing.

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Illinois Catholic Charities Splits with Church

The Church's refusal to be forced by the state of Illinois to allow same-sex couples to adopt children has brought about a parting of the ways between Catholic Social Services of Southern Illinois to part ways with the Diocese of Belleville in order to avoid being put out of business because of Church teaching.

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