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White House, farm advocates talk about SNAP; silence from Congress
Bishops approve 2014 budget, 3 percent assessment increase for 2015
Archbishop: DOMA ruling, ENDA passage put marriage at 'critical point'
Something - or something less - for everyone in new farm bill?
Faith leaders welcome government reopening, point to unfinished work
FCC begins process to halt growth of media consolidation
Family, with help from Catholic shelter, seeks to get back on feet
Sitcom writer's road to Catholic church no laughing matter
Poverty, income figures stay persistently unchanged in Census report
Congolese nun wins U.N. prize for work with internally displaced women
Military archdiocese remembers sainthood candidate killed in Vietnam
Number of permanent deacons grows, but many reaching retirement age
House members file Supreme Court brief in legislative prayer case
House abandonment of nutrition items in farm bill called 'misguided'
Catholic rural advocates weigh in on farm bill
A new constitutional amendment? Even if it fails, it may work
Conscience-protection bill for HHS mandate introduced in House
