Catholic Bishops Reaffirm Conservative Direction With Choice Of New President

[The Pope]

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on Tuesday elected as president Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York, who said he would continue the bishops' opposition to the federal health reform law (PL 111-148) because of the group's belief that it allows federal funding of abortion services, the New York Times reports (Goodstein, New York Times, 11/17)...

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