Category: Bishops
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Lobbying For The Bishops
Deal W. Hudson There are two things I need to bring to your attention… First, the biannual meeting of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) in Colorado came and went last week. Of course, you’d never know it from the minimal coverage. This is a shame since the bishops released a very important…
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Saint Malachi Predicts the Election of Pope Benedict XVI
Deal W. Hudson April 15, 2005 The election of Benedict XVI set predictable cries of joy and sorrow. Fortunately for the Church, the cries of joy far outnumber the cries of sorrow, even if the media refuses to see it. But another aftershock of April 19th is buzz sweeping the country about the medieval prophecies…
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Love Where There Could Have Been Hate
Deal W. Hudson March 1, 2006 I have just returned from Rome, where a senior member of the Curia asked me to tell readers of The Window the following story. You may have already heard its beginning but in all likelihood, not its end. On Sunday, February 5, 2006, while praying in his church, an…
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A Debate Out of Season
Deal W. Hudson June 1, 2007 Bishops often speak about the virtue of “collegiality”—their desire to act and speak in one voice. The recent history of the Church illustrates problems arising from the expectation that individual bishops should subjugate their public message in favor of the USCCB. John Cardinal O’Connor and Bernard Cardinal Law were…
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Over Eighty American Catholic Leaders Urge Support of Humanae Vitae
Deal W. Hudson October 29, 2007 Over 80 national Catholic leaders, meeting October 25-26, adopted a statement celebrating the upcoming 40th anniversary of Humanae Vitae and predicted the “Church will regain Her voice… and will once again boldly proclaim to all mankind that children are the solution, not the problem.” At its 10th annual meeting in Charleston,…
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Muzzling the Bishops With “Civility”
Deal W. Hudson November 9, 2007 On Tuesday, a group of Catholics in Washington, D.C. issued a statement calling for a greater “spirit of civility” as Americans approach the 2008 presidential elections. When I saw the title of the statement – “A Catholic Call to Civility in Public Debate” – I thought, what a great idea!…
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Boston Cardinal Rebukes Democrats on Abortion
Deal W. Hudson November 15, 2007 The Archdiocese of Boston has produced some of the most influential pro-abortion politicians in history – among them, the late Rev. Robert Drinan, S. J. (D-MA), formerly a four-term Congressman, and Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA). Yesterday, Boston’s Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley said that support of pro-abortion candidates from Catholic…
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Did the Bishops Punish Archbishop Burke?
Deal W. Hudson November 19, 2007 Perhaps it should come as no surprise that Archbishop Raymond Burke (St. Louis) lost an election at the annual meeting of the U.S. bishops last week. Over the past three years, Burke has assumed the mantle of the late Cardinal John O’Connor in pro-life matters, challenging fellow bishops to…
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Bishops Say Immigrants’ Needs Come Before Border Security
Deal W. Hudson November 22, 2007 The three bishops of Maryland have just released a statement on immigration, saying the right of a nation to control its borders is secondary to an immigrant’s basic needs. These three bishops – Archbishop O’Brien, Archbishop Wuerl, and Bishop Saltarelli – reiterate the policy espoused by the United States…
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University of St. Thomas Snubs Archbishop
Deal W. Hudson November 29, 2007 On October 25, the board of the University of St. Thomas voted to change its bylaws so that the incoming archbishop of St. Paul-Minneapolis would no longer automatically serve as its ex-officio chairman. In 2008, Archbishop Harry Flynn will retire. His replacement, coadjutor Archbishop John C. Nienstedt, is well-known…
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