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Cardinal poses by Karl Marx statueMUNICH (ChurchMilitant.com) - The German Bishops' Conference is facing backlash for a post about Karl Marx. On Tuesday last week, the conference shared a photo of Cdl. Reinhard Marx posing in front of a statue of communism's forefather. Tuesday's post said the cardinal "appreciates" Karl Marx "as a great thinker," and stopped by the statue in Trier during a visit there the week prior. "From 2002 to 2008," the post noted, "Cdl. Reinhard Marx was bishop of Trier, the hometown of Karl Marx." Social Media BacklashThere was backlash to the post on social media, with...

Senate budget rules are giving opponents of the rollback of the 2010 health care law an easy way to attack Republicans for hypocrisy. Senate GOP may not really want to immunize their own member and staff health plans from their health care policy changes, but because they are seeking to bring their bill to the floor under the expedited budget reconciliation process, they have little choice. Sen. Ted Cruz has already unveiled a fix to nullify the exemption, but that bill would take 60 votes to overcome any filibuster attempts. “While this exemption was included in the Senate health care...