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November 6, 2012

Fortnight for Freedom Fizzled

Fr. Peter Daly, National Catholic Reporter

Fortnight for Freedom was a fizzle.

Our Catholic bishops started out leading a political parade in the spring. But when they looked behind them in the fall, they discovered that almost nobody was following. What happened?

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TAGGED: Religious Liberty, Catholics, USCCB, Fortnight for Freedom

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