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From Dick Durbin to Michael Sacks: Cupich will recognize an abortion-funding donor at a gala for future priests Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, will participate on October 29 in a gala at which the archdiocese will present the Nostra Aetate award to businessman Michael J. Sacks, president and chief executive officer of GCM Grosvenor, who has donated $600,000 to fund initiatives aimed at facilitating access to abortion in Illinois.The recognition will take place during the annual Seminary Salutes Rerum Novarum gala, organized by Mundelein Seminary, part of the University of Saint Mary of the Lake, with the goal of...

As you know, the Virginia General Assembly is in full swing, and as usual, Planned Parenthood is fighting against restrictions to women's reproductive health care. Click here to see our bill chart. Because we have an anti-choice governor and anti-choice majority in the House of Delegates, it is critically important for pro-choice supporters to be out in force this year! We are putting together a great program for you this year, so register now to be a part of this historic day! 2010 Pro-Choice Lobby Day is Thursday, February 11! Register Now to Attend! We need YOU to help protect...

NEW ORLEANS. Taking the temperature of the water in New Orleans is everybody's idea of fun. Well, why not? "The City that Care Forgot," as it once nonsensically called itself, has learned that a lot of people care a lot, even if care doesn't. Or something like that. Eating well continues to be the national pastime, and the wealth of wide-bodies bumping bottoms-against-bottoms on the sidewalks and in the narrow streets and alleys of the French Quarter testifies to the triumph of gluttony. A vegetarian platter in the Big Easy is typically a delicate decoration of shredded carrots, a slice...