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Article: American Catholics in the Public Square: a report to the Catholic community; The Commonweal Foundation.
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- July 16, 2004
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FOREWORD
The American Catholics in the Public Square Project began in the spring of 1999 with a preliminary inquiry to some twenty-five experts. The project was approved and awarded a $1.5 million grant by the Pew Charitable Trusts. It moved into high gear in January 2000. The project was conducted on parallel tracks by the Commonweal Foundation and the Faith and Reason Institute, which met jointly three times over the grant period. They sponsored a variety of meetings and discussions from 2000 to 2003, and a final report was submitted to the Pew Charitable Trusts in August 2003. The following report is made to the Catholic community and the interested public. It ...
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