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March 23, 2012

Catholic World News: US Catholics grown more skeptical of Obama on religious-freedom issue

by Staff
Catholic World News

A new survey shows a “noticeable shift” in the opinions of American Catholics regarding the Obama administration’s position on religious freedom.

Apparently as a result of the clash between the White House and the US bishops’ conference on the mandate for contraceptive coverage in health-insurance programs, the number of Catholics who see the Obama administration has unfriendly toward religious freedom has jumped from 15% in August 2009 to 25% in March 2012.    

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