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The study, co-sponsored by The Dilenschneider Group of New York, will serve as the springboard of a symposium on "The Media, Faith and The Catholic Church" that Marquette University will host on campus in September. The event will bring together leading theologians, scholars, journalists and social commentators to discuss how the secular media covers faith and Church-based issues in the 21st Century.
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A group of Catholic Democrats in the US Congress recently objected to comments of Pope Benedict XVI about the fact that legislators favoring the legality of abortion should not receive Communion. They said, "Advancing respect for life and for the dignity of every human being is, as our church has taught us, our own life's mission."
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Religious groups were active in the campaign against Proposal B, with the Catholic Church raising about half of the more than $5 million spent to defeat the measure. The issue even sparked an unusual degree of ecumenical cooperation, with Cardinal Maida of the Archdiocese of Detroit addressing congregations in two Baptist Churches in Detroit the Sunday before the election [AP, 11/2].
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A second leading Catholic official has resigned his membership with Amnesty International over the human rights group's decision to support abortion. Cardinal Keith O'Brien of Scotland said he could no longer be affiliated with the organization after joining as a student more than 40 years ago.
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