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CACG Must Reads - February 8, 2012

The editors of Commonweal call for negotiation and compromise on the HHS mandates:
http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/bad-decision


At America, Richard Gaillardetz looks at Vatican II at 50:
http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=13245


Tom Perriello, writing at Politico, argues Mitt Romney’s comments on poverty reveal more than he claimed: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/72511.html


Michael Sean Winters, at National Catholic Reporter, on efforts to intimidate religious leaders who are leading the fight against predatory lending: http://ncronline.org/blogs/distinctly-catholic/another-front-religious-liberty-fight


Randall Balmer, at the New Republic, argues that Romney must do a better job explaining how his Mormon faith informs his politics: http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/100375/romney-mormon-election-religion