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Daily Links, March 29: Castro, Court, and Catholic students

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The pope is wrapping up his visit to Cuba today, where he met with Fidel Castro--who asked for some clarification [1] about Pope Benedict's job requirements.

E.J. Dionne weighs in [2] on the Supreme Court justices and the pending decision about the Affordable Health Care Act.

In the Trayvon Martin case: Skittles sales [3] are up, one Representative broke floor dress code [4] to make a statement about racial profiling, and a look at Florida's "stand your ground" [5] law.

In February, we heard about the Catholic student group at Vanderbilt protesting [6] the university's "all-comers" policy. The group has decided to leave campus [7] over the "discriminatory non-discrimination policy," saying its hand has been forced.

Mississippi is officially the most religious state. The least religious? Vermont, says a new Gallup poll [8].

Wouldn't it be awesome if our politicians were saying this [9]? Look for the results from our recent Sounding Board about our reliance on cars [10] in our May issue [11].


Created: Thursday, March 29 2012 4:09 PM

Source URL: http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/2012/03/daily-links-march-29-castro-court-and-catholic-students

Links:
[1] http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2012/03/29/what-does-a-pope-do-fidel-castro-asks-pope-benedict/
[2] http://commonwealmagazine.org/bench-players
[3] http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/03/trayvon-martin-skittles-sales-up-new-york-times.html
[4] http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57405846-503544/dem-rep-bobby-rush-escorted-from-house-floor-for-wearing-hoodie-in-honor-of-trayvon-martin/
[5] http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/28/my-ethics-stand-your-ground-laws-are-invitation-to-kill/
[6] http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/2012/02/taking-religious-freedom-too-far
[7] http://www.tennessean.com/article/20120327/NEWS/303270091/Vanderbilt-Catholic-leaving-campus-over-policy?odyssey=nav%7Chead
[8] http://www.gallup.com/poll/153479/Mississippi-Religious-State.aspx?utm_source=google&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication
[9] http://grist.org/list/2011-10-07-i-will-rather-invest-in-cycle-tracks-than-freeways-says-danish-p/
[10] http://www.uscatholic.org/cars
[11] http://www.uscatholic.org/subscribe