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By Victoria Arthur Statehouse Correspondent for Indiana’s Catholic Newspapers At the halfway point of the 2021 legislative session, the Indiana…
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SPECIAL TO THE MESSAGE WASHINGTON – On March 2, Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, chairman of the…