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John Carr, director of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University, speaks during a 23-hour prayer vigil June 29 on Capitol Hill in Washington. The vigil focused on preserving Medicaid and was organized after the Senate delayed a vote on the Better Care Reconciliation Act, its health care reform bill. (CNS photo/Jaclyn Lippelmann)

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Bishops: Senate health care bill remains unacceptable

Michael J. O’LoughlinJuly 13, 2017

The Catholic Health Association, meanwhile, said the revisions to the proposal “reinforces the fact that this bill cannot be fixed.”

Politics & SocietyDispatches

Amid polarization, nation urged to reclaim civility through dialogue

Carolyn Mackenzie - Catholic News ServiceJuly 13, 2017

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Political polarization in America has recently peaked, according to surveys conducted by Pew Research Center and Gallup, among others.

In a time where such polarization threatens civility in public discourse, Catholic leaders in interviews with Catholic News Service called for respect and trust in dialogue and awareness of the opinions of those with whom one disagrees.

Politics & SocietyDispatches

Americans aren’t moving around as much as they used to—and it’s worrying some economists

Robert David SullivanJuly 12, 2017

A record low moving rate may be worsening inequality in the United States.

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown delivers her inaugural speech to Oregon legislators in the Capitol House chambers in Salem, Ore., in January. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)

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Oregon Catholic Conference denounces state's abortion funding bill

Ed Langlois - Catholic News ServiceJuly 11, 2017

Oregon's Catholic bishops urged a veto, saying the bill "forces all Oregon taxpayers to help finance an extremist abortion agenda that does not enjoy majority support."