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George Bush at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast
President Bush attended and addressed the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast earlier this morning at the Washington Hilton.
The AP dispatch (the one at the New York Post now, at least) noted Mr Bush's invocation of the 'culture of life' and his intention to veto the Congress's attempt to increased funding for immoral embryonic stem cell research.
It failed to note the President's recognition of the radical insufficiency of government:
"Renewing the promise of America requires good citizens who look out for their neighbors. One of the reasons that I am such a strong believer in the power of our faith-based institutions is that they add something the government never can, and that is love. Pope Benedict the 16th put it this way in his first letter as Pope: "There is no ordering of the state so just that it can eliminate the need for a service of love." In parishes and neighborhoods across our nation, Catholics take this call to heart -- and that is why we find so many of you leading America's armies of compassion. You are changing America one heart, one soul at a time, and I thank you".



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