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	Voice of the Faithful's Second Convention (Long Island Regional Conference) By Rita Ciolli Newsday [Long Island NY] March 1, 2005 John L. Allen, the Rome correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter and a leading observer of Vatican affairs, will be the featured speaker at the Voice of the Faithful's second convention in Melville on March 19. Allen, a commentator for CNN and National Public Radio, will give his insight into the election of the next pope. The conference's keynote speaker will be the Rev. Thomas P. Doyle, a canon lawyer and expert witness in many clergy sex abuse cases, who will discuss how the scandal developed in the American Catholic Church. There will also be a panel discussion on the evolving roles of priests and the laity. The Saturday conference at the Huntington Hilton in Melville starts at 8:30 a.m. and closes with the celebration of Mass at 3 p.m. Registration, which includes a box lunch, costs $35. More details are on the group's Web site: www.votf-li.org.
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