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Missouri’s Catholic bishops ask voters to consider poor ahead of Amendment 5 vote

Missouri’s Catholic bishops ask voters to consider poor ahead of Amendment 5 vote
The bishops neither endorsed nor opposed Amendment 5, but did ask lawmakers to use taxes least harmful to the “poor and vulnerable.”
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