Religious freedom tops U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops meeting in Atlanta
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Unless you're Catholic, you've probably never heard of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops -- until recently.

The Washington, D.C.-based organization, though, is perhaps the most vocal critic of a divisive federal policy that would require health care insurers to provide free contraceptive and preventive coverage, claiming that it violates religious liberty and is against the moral conscience.

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