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	Group Proposing Lay Election of Bishops Runs Ad Anticipating Papal Visit Catholic News Agency April 9, 2008 http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=12289 CNA STAFF- Today the group Voice of the Faithful (VOTF) ran an advertisement in the New York Times in anticipation of Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United States next week. In an email interview with VOTF leaders, CNA was able to discover what exactly the group means by calling for "structural change" within the Church. The Wednesday full-page advertisement in the New York Times is part of a larger campaign VOTF is conducting to try and advance their view that lay people are not well represented in the Catholic Church. As of April 2, the group said on their web site that so far they had raised $63,000 to promote their campaign. The message said that the money would be used to place today's full-page advertisement in the New York Times, to place smaller ads in other media and to fund "other communications centered on the papal visit."
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