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Caption: Pope Benedict XVI greets the crowd after praying the
Pope Benedict XVI greets the crowd after praying the "Regina Coeli" from the window of his apartment overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican May 20. (CNS/Paul Haring)
Federal lawsuits by Catholic dioceses, groups seek to stop HHS mandate

By Nancy Frazier O'Brien
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Forty-three Catholic dioceses, schools, hospitals, social service agencies and other institutions filed suit in federal court May 21 to stop three government agencies from implementing a mandate that would require them to provide contraceptives and sterilization to their employees.

"Through this lawsuit, plaintiffs do not seek to impose their religious beliefs on others," said one of the suits, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana by the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Catholic Charities of the diocese, St. Anne Home and Retirement Community, Franciscan Alliance, University of St. Francis and Our Sunday Visitor.
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Caption: Pope Benedict XVI greets Chaldean Bishop Sarhad Y. Jammo of the Eparchy of St. Peter the Apostle based in El Cajon, Calif., during a May 18 meeting with U.S. bishops from the Eastern Catholic churches on their
Pope Benedict XVI greets Chaldean Bishop Sarhad Y. Jammo of the Eparchy of St. Peter the Apostle based in El Cajon, Calif., during a May 18 meeting with U.S. bishops from the Eastern Catholic churches on their "ad limina" visits to the Vatican. Bishops from the Chaldean, Ruthenian, Maronite, Ukrainian, Armenian, Melkite, Syriac and Romanian Catholic churches were making their "ad limina" visits to the Vatican to report on the status of their dioceses. (CNS/L'Osservatore Romano)
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Editors: Contents of Origins CNS Documentary Service, Vol. 42, No. 3 (May 24, 2012):

-- Americans are asleep to the threat hatred poses to its political and social institutions, warns University of Notre Dame president Father John I. Jenkins. "Can citizens of the United States learn to express their convictions in more skillful, more respectful ways?" he asks.

-- Benedictine Father Jeremy Driscoll of Mount Angel Abbey in Oregon offers a monk's reflection on celibacy in the diocesan priesthood.

-- Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, urges graduates of The Catholic University of America to pattern their lives after the self-giving love of Jesus and to be prepared to defend their faith.

-- The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops warns of an erosion of freedom of conscience and religious freedom at home and abroad in a pastoral letter that calls on Catholics to refuse obedience to civil authorities "when their demands are contrary to those of an upright conscience."
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