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- Catholic Giving - About USCCB Americans share many blessings
and strengths, including a tradition of religious freedom and
political participation. However, as a people, we face serious
challenges that are clearly political and also profoundly moral
in nature. We are a nation founded on "life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness," but the right to life itself is not fully
protected, especially for unborn children, the most vulnerable
members of the American family. We are called to be peacemakers
in a nation at war. We are a country pledged to pursue "liberty
and justice for all," but we are too often divided across lines
of race, ethnicity, and economic inequality. We are a nation of
immigrants, struggling to address the challenges of many new
immigrants in our midst. We are a society built on the strength
of our families, called to defend marriage and offer moral and
economic supports for family life. We are a powerful nation in a
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