Bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty, Ethics "& Religious Liberty Commission of Southern Baptists join with other religious leaders in call for religious liberty protection from HHS mandate

WHAT: At a media conference, national religious leaders will release anopen letter calling for religious freedom in light of the Health "& HumanServices Mandate.

WHO: ArchbishopWilliam E. Lori of Baltimore, Chair of the U.S. Bishops' Ad Hoc Committee forReligious Liberty, RussellD. Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Convention'sEthics "& Religious Liberty Commission, and othernational religious leaders and scholars

WHEN: Tuesday, July 2, 2:00 PM EDT

WHERE: Zenger Room, National Press Club, 529 14^th Street NW, Washington, DC20045

DETAILS: Formore information about the event or the open letter, please contact HillaryByrnes at Hbyrnes@usccb,org or Matthew Hawkins at @email .

The USCCBrepresents the bishops of 70 million Catholics in 18,000 parishes in the UnitedStates. The Southern Baptist Convention is America's largest non-Catholicdenomination with more than 15.8 million members in over 46,000 churchesnationwide. The Ethics "& Religious Liberty Commission is the SBC's ethics,religious liberty and public policy agency with offices in Nashville, Tenn. AndWashington.

Editors:

To request an interview with Archbishop Lori, contact SisterMary Ann Walsh at mwalsh@usccb.org or 202-541-3201.

To request an interview with Russell D. Moore, contactElizabeth Bristow at (615) 782-8409 or by e-mail at @email

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