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So what is the real story about Cardinal Ratzinger's statement? Back in June, the head of the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith sent a letter to the US bishops, offering some guidance on how Church leaders should respond to Catholic politicians who promote abortion. Washington's Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, to whom the letter was addressed, chose not to share it with the other American bishops, and so Cardinal Ratzinger's statement did not come to light for several weeks, until it was leaked to an Italian journalist. (You then probably read about it for the first time right here...

Dobson Tells Christian Voters 'Enough is Enough' by Gary Schneeberger, editor About 6,000 attend Focus on the Family Action's first "Stand for the Family" rally, hear exhortations to make their voices heard this Election Day. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Focus on the Family Action kicked off its series of "Stand for the Family" rallies here Monday night before a crowd of about 6,000 that did more than its share of standing — leaping to their feet at least a dozen times to cheer a quartet of speakers who exhorted them to make their voices heard on Election Day, too. "It would...

Latest Gallup shows Bush leading Kerry 47/46 and with a job approval of 53%.

Has Cuba's septuagenarian dictator finally gone senile? Fidel Castro is doing everything possible to secure the re-election of his archenemy, President Bush. The crucial Cuban-American voting bloc in crucial Florida has lost some of its enthusiasm for Bush, but Castro seems determined to repair the damage by directing one rant after another at the president. Today the dictator accused Bush yet again of planning to invade his tropical gulag. 'Crazy' "Do not try crazy adventures such as surgical strikes or wars of attrition using sophisticated techniques because you could lose control of the situation," Castro said this morning in a...

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