My Daily Domestic Clips 11/11/2010 (a.m.)

• Facebook (25) | Tara Gragg’s Photos – I dreamed I was a ballerina – Annotated
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• Bishops Play Defense On Anti-Poverty Initiative – Annotated
  • the nation’s 200 or so Roman Catholic bishops prepare for their annual meeting in Baltimore next week (Nov. 15-18), the CCHD has become yet another battlefield in what some Catholics lament is an increasingly polarized church.

    As the U.S. bishops’ flagship anti-poverty program, the CCHD is funded through a special collection taken up each year on the Sunday before Thanksgiving. Since 1970, the program has disbursed $290 million in grants, according to CCHD officials.

    But the program’s practices and guiding philosophy have been sharply attacked by conservatives armed with Internet-enhanced research, a sharp nose for malfeasance, and a deep apprehension for anything that sniffs of socialism.

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