Category: 2004 election

• Catholic Opinion by the Numbers: A Revealing New Poll

  

  By Deal W. Hudson Nanci Pelosi calls herself a conservative Catholic. Sure, she may be in favor of abortion, women priests, and homosexual marriages, but according to the House minority leader, that has no bearing on her life as a Catholic. How does she define “conservative Catholic”? In a January interview with the National Catholic…

  Deal Hudson

  June 14, 2016

  2004 election, Catholic vote, Catholic voters, Church, Crisis Magazine 2003, Politics, Social Teaching

  catholic, church teaching, conservative catholic, Nancy Pelosi, polls, surveys

• Mary’s Shadow and Protection

  

  By Deal W. Hudson Having never been to a ma­jor Marian shrine, I didn’t know quite what to expect. So on my way to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, I consciously put aside all preconcep­tions about what I should experience. I wanted just to let it happen. Over the years…

  Deal Hudson

  June 8, 2016

  2004 election, Church, Crisis Magazine 2004, Personal

  Deal Hudson, marian shrine, Our Lady of Guadalupe, pilgrimage

• Dominant-Issue Voters

  

  By Deal W. Hudson Several Catholic leaders have recently commented that Catholics should not be “single issue” voters, meaning that they shouldn’t vote exclusively on the abortion issue. I agree. But it’s not necessary to be a single-issue voter to give the life issues the priority they deserve. Catholics should be “dominant issue” voters. The…

  Deal Hudson

  June 7, 2016

  2004 election, Abortion, Catholic Politicians, Catholic vote, Catholic voters, Crisis Magazine 2004, Politics