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Top stories for March, 2010

• March 05, 2010 With pro-life amendment, US bishops would push for health-care approval

  The US bishops' conference will push for the approval of sweeping health-care reform legislation if the current Senate bill is amended to include the pro-life language contained in the version

• March 09, 2010 Vatican rejects 'wall of silence' charge on sex-abuse complaints

  The Vatican has released a statement defending Church responses to sex-abuse complaints, and rejecting the charge by a German cabinet member that the Vatican was building a "wall of silence" on the

• March 12, 2010 Pope welcomes German bishops' response to scandal

  Pope Benedict XVI met on March 12 with Archbishop Robert Zollitsch of Freiburg, the president of the German bishops' conference, to discuss the burgeoning sex-abuse scandal in that country. The

• March 12, 2010 Catholic Health Association spent over $1 million lobbying on health-care reform

  The Catholic Health Association (CHA) spent over $1 million on lobbying in 2009 as the group pushed for passage of health-care reform legislation. The CHA, an umbrella group that represents the

• March 15, 2010 Catholic Health Association breaks with bishops, backs Senate health care bill

  Breaking with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the president of the Catholic Health Association has endorsed the Senate health care reform legislation that is scheduled to be voted

• March 15, 2010 Vatican answers critics on abuse

  Pounded by stories in the European media about the sex-abuse scandal that is exploding across the continent, the Vatican released an unusual statement on Saturday, March 13, defending Church