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				Advocacy & Public Service  Religion & Ethics   Document Name    Date   Document Type  A History of the Voucher Debate   Feb. 16, 2002 Legislative Analysis Access to Public Schools for Religious Groups, 1984 Legislative Chronology   1984 Legislative Analysis Address by Polish President L. Walesa to Israeli Knesset Asking for Reconciliation Between Poles and Jews, for Forgiveness of Poland's Role in Nazi-Era Killing of Polish Jews   May 20, 1991 Primary Source Address of Pope John Paul II at the Central Synagogue in Rome   Apr. 13, 1986 Primary Source Addresses and Homilies of Pope John Paul II during Travels in Central America   Mar. 2, 1983 Primary Source Addresses and Homilies of Pope John Paul II in Lome, Togo; Yaounde, Cameroon; Casablanca, Morocco   Aug. 8, 1985 Primary Source Addresses and Homilies of Pope John Paul II on a Visit to the Low Countries   May 11, 1985 Primary Source Addresses and Homilies of Pope John Paul II on His Trip to India   Feb. 1, 1986 Primary Source Addresses and Homilies of Pope John Paul II on Trip to Far East   May 3, 1984 Primary Source Addresses and Homily of Pope John Paul II in trip to Switzerland   Jun. 12, 1984 Primary Source Addresses by Pope John Paul II on His South American Journey   Jan. 29, 1985 Primary Source Addresses of Pope John Paul II in Gdansk and Lodz, Poland   Jun. 12, 1987 Primary Source Agreement between the Vatican and Israel on Measures Leading to the Establishment of Full Diplomatic Relations   Dec. 30, 1993 Primary Source Announcement of the Norwegian Nobel Committee that the Dalai Lama Had Been Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1989 and the Dalai Lama's Acceptance Speech, Oslo, Norway   Oct. 5, 1989 Primary Source Announcement of U.S. Army's First Muslim Chaplain, Abdul-Rasheed Muhammad   Dec. 3, 1993 Primary Source Assisted Suicide, 1997-1998 Legislative Chronology   1997 - 1998 Legislative Analysis Assisted Suicide, 1999-2000 Legislative Chronology   1999 - 2000 Legislative Analysis Attempt to Ban Cloning Stalls   2002 Legislative Analysis Bush Touts New 'Religious Charities' Plan But Critics Say it Does Not Go Far Enough   Feb. 9, 2002 Legislative Analysis Bush's Private School Tax Credit Reignites the Voucher Debate   Feb. 16, 2002 Legislative Analysis Catholic Bishops on Human Rights Abuses in Zimbabwe   Apr. 5, 2007 Primary Source Catholic Bishops' Revised Policy on Sexual Abuse by Priests: Essential Norms for Diocesan/Eparchial Policies Dealing with Allegations of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Priests or Deacons   Nov. 13, 2002 Primary Source Classic Conservative Creed Supplanted   Mar. 28, 2005 Legislative Analysis Cloning Debate Undiminished Despite House-Passed Ban   Mar. 1, 2003 Legislative Analysis Code of Canon Law of the Roman Catholic Church: Principal Canons as Approved by Pope John Paul II   Jan. 25, 1983 Primary Source Congress and The Rule of Law   Mar. 28, 2005 Legislative Analysis Constitutional Amendment on Prayer, 1997 Legislative Chronology   1997 Legislative Analysis Constitutional Amendment on Religious Expression, 1998 Legislative Chronology   1998 Legislative Analysis Courting the Christian Vote Can Be an Electoral Tightrope   Sep. 4, 2004 Legislative Analysis Courts Rule Against Schiavo's Parents   Mar. 28, 2005 Legislative Analysis Crimes Against Religions, 1987-1988 Legislative Chronology   1987 - 1988 Legislative Analysis Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health: U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Upholding Restrictive Law on Euthanasia While Establishing Individual Rights; Justices Rehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia, Brennan, Stevens   Jun. 25, 1990 Primary Source Davis v. United States: Brief Summary (Tax Law)   May 21, 1990 Case Summary Debate Over Revenue Offsets Appears Last Hurdle to Success For Trimmed Faith-Based Bill   Sep. 20, 2003 Legislative Analysis Deciding to Forgo Life-Sustaining Treatment: Report of the President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research   Mar. 21, 1983 Primary Source Devotees of a Different Sort   Aug. 27, 2012 Legislative Analysis Effect of 'Moral Values' Voters Exaggerated, Say Analysts   Nov. 13, 2004 Legislative Analysis Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith: Brief Summary   Apr. 17, 1990 Case Summary Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith: Detailed Summary   Apr. 17, 1990 Case Summary Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith: Opinion Excerpt   Apr. 17, 1990 Primary Source Evangelical Christians Stick With Trump Despite Transgressions   Mar. 19, 2018 Legislative Analysis Evangelical Christians   Sep. 14, 2001 CQ Researcher Evangelical Leaders Bringing the Message in Good Faith   Oct. 17, 2005 Legislative Analysis Evangelicals Split on LGBT Rights, Religious Freedom   Jan. 22, 2019 Legislative Analysis Excerpts from "The Cardinal's Commission on Clerical Sexual Misconduct with Minors" and Statement by J.C. Bernardin, Archbishop of Chicago, Implementing Commission Recommendations   Jun. 15, 1992 Primary Source Faith-Based and Community Initiative Executive Orders, Signed by President George W. Bush   Jan. 29, 2001 Primary Source Faith-Based Grants Available Now   Nov. 2, 2002 Legislative Analysis Faith-Based Offices an End Run Around Languishing Legislation   Nov. 2, 2002 Legislative Analysis Faithful in Front on Immigration Debate   Nov. 18, 2013 Legislative Analysis Fears that Anti-Bullying Efforts Could Lead to More Bullying   Jan. 13, 2020 Legislative Analysis Fetal Insurance Plan Proves Controversial   Feb. 2, 2002 Legislative Analysis Fetal Rights, 1999-2000 Legislative Chronology   1999 - 2000 Legislative Analysis Fifth World Synod of Catholic Bishops   Sep. 26, 1980 Primary Source Final Report of the 1985 Extraordinary Session of the Synod of Bishops   Dec. 7, 1985 Primary Source Finding Faith In the Center   Mar. 7, 2005 Legislative Analysis Good News Club v. Milford Central School   Jun. 11, 2001 Case Summary GOP May Spread Faith-Based Legislation Over Several Social Policy Bills   May 10, 2003 Legislative Analysis Hibbs v. Winn   Jun. 14, 2004 Case Summary Homilies of Pope John Paul I and Pope John Paul II at their Installation   Sep. 3, 1978 Primary Source Homily by Cardinal Ratzinger at the Funeral Mass for Pope John Paul II   Apr. 8, 2005 Primary Source Homily Delivered by Pope John Paul II Asking for Forgiveness for the Historical Sins Committed by Roman Catholics: "Day of Pardon"   Mar. 12, 2000 Primary Source Homily of Archbishop W.H. Keeler Delivered at the United States Catholic Bicentennial Mass Celebrated in the Basilica of the Assumption, Baltimore, Maryland   Nov. 5, 1989 Primary Source House Shoots Down Bill Allowing Religious Groups To Fund Political Campaigns   Oct. 5, 2002 Legislative Analysis Huntington Library Announcement that Photographic Copies of the Dead Sea Scrolls Would Become Available to Qualified Scholars   Sep. 22, 1991 Primary Source Instruction on Certain Aspects of the Theology of Liberation: Statement by the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in Response to Political Involvement of Clerics   Sep. 3, 1984 Primary Source Instruction on Christian Freedom and Liberation, by Cardinal J. Ratzinger and Issued by the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith   Apr. 5, 1986 Primary Source Interim Report of the American Jewish Commission on the Holocaust: Role of U.S. Jews in the Holocaust   Feb. 8, 1983 Primary Source International Persecution for Religious Beliefs, 1997 Legislative Chronology   1997 Legislative Analysis International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc. v. Lee, Superintendent of Port Authority Police: Brief Summary   Jun. 26, 1992 Case Summary Islamic Fundamentalism   Mar. 24, 2000 CQ Researcher Jones v. Wolf: Brief Summary   Jul. 2, 1979 Case Summary Journeys of Pope John Paul II: Excerpts from His Travels to Puebla, Mexico; Birkenau/Auschwitz, Poland; Drogheda, Ireland; UN General Assembly in New York; Philadelphia and Chicago; Istanbul, Turkey   Oct. 2, 1979 Primary Source Key Conservative Groups   Nov. 13, 2004 Legislative Analysis Larkin v. Grendel's Den: Ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court on a Massachusetts Law Giving Churches the Power to Veto Liquor Licenses. Justices W.E. Burger, W.H. Rehnquist   Dec. 13, 1982 Primary Source Lee v. Weisman, personally and as a next friend of Weisman: Brief Summary   Jun. 24, 1992 Case Summary Lee v. Weisman, personally and as a next friend of Weisman: Detailed Summary   Jun. 24, 1992 Case Summary Lee v. Weisman, personally and as a next friend of Weisman: Opinion Excerpt   Jun. 24, 1992 Primary Source Lee v. Weisman; U.S. Supreme Court Opinion Declaring a Nonsectarian Prayer at a Public School Graduation Violates the Constitution's Separation of Church and State; Justice M. Kennedy   Jun. 24, 1992 Primary Source Letter and Document Prepared by the Pontifical Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews: "We Remember: A Reflection on the Shoah"   Mar. 16, 1998 Primary Source Letter by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger to Father C.E. Curran, and Father Curran's Response to the Declaration that Father Curran was not Suitable or Eligible to Teach Catholic Theology   Jul. 25, 1986 Primary Source Letter from Pope John Paul II to Catholic Bishops "Reserving Priestly Ordination to Men Alone"   May 30, 1994 Primary Source Letter from Pope John Paul II to U.S. Catholic Bishops on How to Deal with Priests Who Sexually Abuse Children   Jun. 21, 1993 Primary Source Letter from Rabbi M. Hier to West German Chancellor H. Kohl and Kohl's Reply, on German Unification   Feb. 9, 1990 Primary Source Madsen v. Women's Health Center, Inc.: U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Upholding Creation of Buffer Zones around Abortion Clinics to Stop Protesters from Blocking Access to Clinics; Justices Rehnquist, Souter, Stevens, Scalia   Jun. 30, 1994 Primary Source Memorandum from Department of Education: Directive on Religion in Public Schools   Aug. 10, 1995 Primary Source Mormon Church on Succession: Text of Blessing of Joseph Smith Jr., Shedding Light on How Church's Leader Was to Be Chosen   Mar. 18, 1981 Primary Source Muslims Versus Muslim   Apr. 30, 2012 Legislative Analysis National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) 1990 Jefferson Lecture by Islamic Scholar B. Lewis: "Western Civilization: A View from the East"   May 2, 1990 Primary Source National Organization for Women, Inc. v. Scheidler: U.S. Supreme Court Upholding Use of Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Law in Suits to Curb Antiabortion Protests; Justices Rehnquist, Souter   Jan. 24, 1994 Primary Source Navy Rejects Humanist Chaplain   Apr. 9, 2018 Legislative Analysis New Heaven, New Earth   Oct. 17, 2005 Legislative Analysis New House Caucus Stands Up for Atheists   May 14, 2018 Legislative Analysis Oestereich v. Selective Service System Board: Brief Summary   Dec. 16, 1968 Case Summary On the Dignity and Vocation of Women: Apostolic Letter Issued in Rome by Pope John Paul II   Sep. 30, 1988 Primary Source Opinion Excerpts: Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District   Dec. 20, 2005 Primary Source Papal Encyclical "Centesimus Annus (The Hundredth Year)" of Pope John Paul II, Addressing Economic Questions Raised by the Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe   May 1, 1991 Primary Source Papal Encyclical "Veritatis Splendor (The Splendor of Truth)" of Pope John Paul II, Reaffirming a Traditional Catholic Basis for Moral Theology   Oct. 5, 1993 Primary Source Papal Encyclical on a "'Culture of Death"' by Pope John Paul II   Mar. 30, 1995 Primary Source "Partial-Birth" Abortion, 1997 Legislative Chronology   1996 - 1997 Legislative Analysis Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons: Letter of Joseph Cardinal Patzinger, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith   Oct. 30, 1986 Primary Source Pastoral Letter on Catholic Social Teaching and the U.S. Economy: Letter Prepared by a Committee of Roman Catholic Bishops   Nov. 11, 1984 Primary Source Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey: U.S. Supreme Court Opinion Upholding but Modifying the Right to Abortion; Justices O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Stevens, Blackmun, Rehnquist, Scalia   Jun. 29, 1992 Primary Source Pope John Paul II's First Journey to the Far East   Feb. 15, 1981 Primary Source Pope John Paul II's Second Encyclical and Addresses to UNESCO, Bishops in Brazil and West Germany   Dec. 2, 1980 Primary Source Pope John Paul II's Third Encyclical, Laborem Exercens (On Human Work), Re-Examining Roman Catholic Church's Basic Social Doctrine in Light of the Contemporary Technological Revolution   Sep. 15, 1981 Primary Source Power to the Nonbelievers   Oct. 7, 2013 Legislative Analysis Prayers in Government and Why They Rile   Apr. 8, 2019 Legislative Analysis Presidential Council on Bioethics Report on Cloning: "Reproduction and Responsibility: The Regulation of New Biotechnologies"   Apr. 1, 2004 Primary Source Press Release on Heaven's Gate Cult's Own Mass Suicide: "Heaven's Gate 'Away Team' Returns to Level Above Human in Distant Space"   Mar. 22, 1997 Primary Source Religion and Politics   Jul. 30, 2004 CQ Researcher Religion in Schools   Jan. 12, 2001 CQ Researcher Religion in the Workplace   Aug. 23, 2002 CQ Researcher Religious Expression, 1997-1998 Legislative Chronology   1997 - 1998 Legislative Analysis Religious Expression, 1999-2000 Legislative Chronology   1999 - 2000 Legislative Analysis Religious Persecution, 1998 Legislative Chronology   1998 Legislative Analysis Religious Persecution   Nov. 21, 1997 CQ Researcher Religious Right Flexes Muscles On Foreign Policy Matters   Jul. 13, 2002 Legislative Analysis Religious Right Lays Claim to Big Role in GOP Agenda   Nov. 13, 2004 Legislative Analysis Religious Worker Visas, 1999-2000 Legislative Chronology   1999 - 2000 Legislative Analysis Remarks by Chairman of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council E. Wiesel, President R. Reagan, and U.S. Reps. W. Lehman and B. Green at the Commemoration of the Holocaust   Apr. 30, 1981 Primary Source Remarks by President George Bush and Sermon Preached in Iran by Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani Upon the Death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini   Jun. 4, 1989 Primary Source Remarks of Nation of Islam Leader Louis Farrakhan at the Million Man March, Washington, DC   Oct. 16, 1995 Primary Source Remarks of Pope John Paul II and Polish Gen. W. Jaruzelski during Pope's Trip to Poland   Jun. 16, 1983 Primary Source Remarks of Pope John Paul II at the Former Mauthausen Concentration Camp in Austria and with P. Grosz, on Behalf of the Jewish Community, to the Leaders of the Austrian Jewish Community in Vienna, Austria   Jun. 23, 1988 Primary Source Remarks, Homily, and Speech of Pope John Paul II Made During His Trip to Great Britain and Remarks by Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. Robert Runcie   May 28, 1982 Primary Source Renewed Push for 'Faith Based' Law Faces Hostile Democrats, Tight Calendar   Mar. 1, 2003 Legislative Analysis Report by Pope Benedict XVI Prohibiting Gay Seminarians   Aug. 31, 2005 Primary Source Report by the National Review Board for the Protection of Children and Young People on Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church: "A Report on the Crisis in the Catholic Church in the United States"   Feb. 27, 2004 Primary Source Report of the National Church Arson Task Force on Church Arson Cases: "First Year Report for the President"   Jun. 6, 1997 Primary Source Report of the U.S. Advisory Committee on Religious Freedom Abroad: "Interim Report to the Secretary of State and to the President of the U.S."   Jan. 23, 1998 Primary Source Report of the U.S. State Department on Religious Persecution: "United States Policies in Support of Religious Freedom: Focus on Christians"   Jul. 22, 1997 Primary Source Report to the U.S. Olympic Committee by the Special Bid Oversight Commission on Olympic Bribery Scandals   Mar. 1, 1999 Primary Source Report to the Vatican's Synod Secretariat from Bishop J. Malone, President of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops on the Role of Minorities and Women in the Catholic Church   Sep. 16, 1985 Primary Source Resolution and Letter on the Moral Implications of Human Genetic Engineering   Jun. 8, 1983 Primary Source Rosenberger v. Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia; Capitol Square Review v. Pinette: Supreme Court Opinions on Religious Symbols and Publications: Justices A.M. Kennedy, A. Scalia, D.H. Souter, S.D. O'Connor, J.P. Stevens, R.B. Ginsburg   Jun. 29, 1995 Primary Source Rust v. Sullivan: U.S. Supreme Court Upholding Government Regulations Prohibiting Federally Funded Family-Family Planning Clinics from Giving Abortion Advice; Justices Rehnquist, Blackmun, Stevens, O'Connor   May 23, 1991 Primary Source Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe: Brief Summary   Jun. 19, 2000 Case Summary Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe: Detailed Summary   Jun. 19, 2000 Case Summary Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe: Opinion Excerpt   Jun. 19, 2000 Primary Source Schiavo vs. Schindler: Florida Court Order, and Public Law 109-3, an Act Passed by Congress Giving Terri Schiavo's Parents Standing in Federal Court   Feb. 25, 2005 Primary Source School Prayer Amendment, 1971 Legislative Chronology   1971 Legislative Analysis Section Added to the "Baptist Faith and Message" Concerning Women and the Family at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention   Jun. 9, 1998 Primary Source Securing Access to Health Care. Report of the President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical Research   Mar. 28, 1983 Primary Source Senate Debate on Human Cloning Likely to Focus on Ethical Boundaries Of Scientific Advancements   Jan. 26, 2002 Legislative Analysis Sermon of Pope John Paul II on Openness and Religious Freedom in Cuba, Translated from Spanish by the Vatican, Havana, Cuba   Jan. 25, 1998 Primary Source Social Concerns of the Church: Papal Encyclical Issued by Pope John Paul II   Feb. 19, 1988 Primary Source Speech by U.S. Senator E.M. (Ted) Kennedy to the Moral Majority on Respect for the Rights of Others. Liberty Baptist College, Lynchburg, VA   Oct. 3, 1983 Primary Source Speech of President R. Reagan to the National Association of Evangelicals, Orlando, FL   Mar. 8, 1983 Primary Source Speeches and homilies of Pope John Paul II on His Second Visit to the United States   Sep. 10, 1987 Primary Source Speeches and Homily by Pope John Paul II on Canadian Pilgrimage   Sep. 10, 1984 Primary Source Speeches and Remarks by Pope John Paul II during His 1982 Trip to Spain   Oct. 31, 1982 Primary Source Speeches by Pope John Paul II in Denver, Colorado, on World Youth Day   Aug. 12, 1993 Primary Source Statement by the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on Bioethics   Mar. 10, 1987 Primary Source Statement Issued to the Church and Ecumenical Letter by the Rt. Rev. E.L. Browning, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, on the Consecration of the First Woman Bishop   Jan. 24, 1989 Primary Source Statements by President R. Reagan, Cardinal H. Medeiros of Boston, Evangelist B. Graham and the First Public Message of Pope John Paul II Following the Shooting of the Pope   May 13, 1981 Primary Source States' and Localities' Power to Curb Religious Activities, 1999 Legislative Chronology   1999 Legislative Analysis Stem Cell Funding Fight Divides GOP   May 30, 2005 Legislative Analysis The Faith-Based Higher Ed Exemption   May 15, 2006 Legislative Analysis Trump Blindsides Christians on Kurds   Oct. 21, 2019 Legislative Analysis Turning the Stem Cell Argument   Jun. 6, 2005 Legislative Analysis Van Orden v. Perry, Governor of Texas   Jun. 27, 2005 Case Summary Vatican Document and Papal Letter Announcing the Excommunication of Archbishop M. Lefebvre, of the Fraternity of St. Pius X and Archbishop-bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France for Unlawful Episcopal Consecration of Four Priests   Jul. 1, 1988 Primary Source Vatican Document, "Observations Regarding Legislative Proposals Concerned with Discrimination Toward Homosexual Persons," and Statements by D. Pilarczyk and Vatican Spokesman J. Navarro-Valls   Jul. 22, 1992 Primary Source Walz v. Tax Commission of the City of New York: Brief Summary   May 4, 1970 Case Summary Washington V. Glucksberg and Vacco v. Quill: Opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court on Physician-Assisted Suicide, Justices W.H. Rehnquist, R.B. Ginsburg, J.P. Stevens   Jun. 26, 1997 Primary Source Watchtower Bible & Tract Society of New York, Inc. v. Village of Stratton   Jun. 17, 2002 Case Summary Ways and Means Approves 'Faith-Based' Initiative Measure; Passage Imminent by House   Sep. 13, 2003 Legislative Analysis Welsh v. U.S.: Brief Summary   Jun. 15, 1970 Case Summary X and Others v. the Attorney General: Irish Supreme Court Ruling that Pregnant 14-Year-Old Could Travel to England to Get an Abortion   Mar. 5, 1992 Primary Source Zelman v. Simmons-Harris   Jun. 27, 2002 Case Summary
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