Baltimore • The standoff between the White House and the nation’s Catholic bishops over gay marriage and other hot-button issues may be easing after a quiet Oval Office meeting between President Barack Obama and the head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Still, Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York and other prelates made it clear at their annual meeting on Monday, that they still see an array of threats that pose an imminent danger to the church’s freedom unless sufficient religious exemptions are granted.

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