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<title><![CDATA[Andrea Picciotti-Bayer - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/38538.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Andrea Picciotti-Bayer]]></description><category domain="38538">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Trump Forces Universities To Protect All Students]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/08/01/trump-columbia-harvard-ucla-antisemitism/85457317007/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrea Picciotti-Bayer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Trump administration's settlements with universities reaffirm the principle that no student should face exclusion based on religion or ethnicity.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Parents' Rights Are Making a Comeback]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2025/04/22/parents_rights_are_making_a_comeback_1105770.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrea Picciotti-Bayer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The right to opt out one's children from studying a sinister collection of sexually explicit storybooks in suburban Maryland, and the right to opt in to a Catholic Virtual charter school in Okla]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Enshrine Religious Freedom in U.S. Foreign Policy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2023/11/01/religious_freedom_must_be_enshrined_in_us_foreign_policy_989769.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrea Picciotti-Bayer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Biden administration is crafting important proposals for aid to Israel and to respond to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Conspicuously missing from the billions in funding for these efforts is the cause of international religious freedom for the people there.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[FBI's Assault on Catholics Threatens Us All]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/fbi-attacked-catholics-wont-what</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrea Picciotti-Bayer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The FBI's assault on Catholics included a memo the Bureau also refuses to release. Catholics were targeted for going to Latin Mass. Such abuse threatens people of all faiths.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Progressivism's Rejection of Civil Rights]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2023/07/12/progressivisms_rejection_of_civil_rights_965568.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrea Picciotti-Bayer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When it comes to protecting religious freedom in America, forget about the civil rights community. Just like President Biden, these groups have now surrendered to progressive ideologies, unwilling to defend anyone who disagrees with them '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' even if the opposition is grounded in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Counterfeit Catholicism, Left and Right]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/articles/counterfeit-catholicism-left-and-right-secularism-sectarianism-integralists-america-church-vatican-ii-markets-subsidiarity-11663875550?mod=djemalertNEWS</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrea Picciotti-Bayer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The faithful need a framework that rejects secularism and sectarianism alike.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Beijing&rsquo;s Propaganda Stunt Is Classic &lsquo;Gaslighting&rsquo;]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/02/09/beijings_propaganda_stunt_is_classic_gaslighting_147161.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andrea Picciotti-Bayer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The 2022 Winter Olympics'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' kicked off on'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Friday with an opening ceremony'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' that,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' in accordance with tradition, saw the lighting of the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Olympic cauldron by torchbearers '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' and, equally in'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' keeping with tradition, was an opportunity for the host country to score some points in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's Religious Freedom Nominees Must Protect All Faiths]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/08/06/bidens_religious_freedom_nominees_must_protect_all_faiths_146206.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrea Picciotti-Bayer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Biden recently'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' announced'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' candidates to key international religious freedom positions'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' at the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Given the way religious persecution is spreading relentlessly across the globe, the move is...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bostock Ruling Opens Floodgate Against Religious Orgs]]></title>
							<link>https://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/supreme-courts-lgbt-decision-will-open-floodgate-of-sex-orientation-discrim</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrea Picciotti-Bayer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After 6-3 Bostock decision, bathrooms and locker rooms, women'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s sports, campus housing, employment by religious organizations and healthcare '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' all are fodder for those asserting a legal claim based on the high court'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s latest interpretation of Title VII]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Science Strengthens the Pro-Life Argument]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/01/16/why_science_strengthens_the_pro-life_argument_139181.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andrea Picciotti-Bayer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Can science undo the havoc that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Roe v. Wade'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Planned Parenthood v. Casey'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' wreaked on America?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'  The country'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s leading pro-life leaders believe so.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'  '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Unique From Day One:'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'  Pro-life Is Pro-science,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' the theme for this year'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s pro-life March for Life,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Protecting Religious Liberty Advances Women's Causes]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/08/09/protecting_religious_liberty_advances_womens_causes_137764.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrea Picciotti-Bayer</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'It is a dangerous time to be a person of faith.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
These were the sobering words of Callista Gingrich, U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, at an event sponsored by the Religious Freedom Institute during the first Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom sponsored by the State...]]></description>
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