Bishop Blase J. Cupich of Spokane, Wash., shown addressing a Washington press conference in 2011, says the debate over the federal government's contraception mandate for employers provides an opportunity to have a deeper, ongoing "fundamental dialogue about the role of religion in society in general and the nature of religious liberty, especially as it applies to faith-based charitable, health and social service ministries in the United States."
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