Category: CatholiCity 2008
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A Jesuit’s Case for Barack Obama
Deal W. Hudson September 28, 2008 A few days ago Rev. Ray Schroth, S.J., posted “Why This Priest Votes for Obama” on the NJ Voice blog. Father Schroth teaches humanities at St. Peter’s College and is presently working on a book about Rev. Robert Drinan, S.J. Father was careful in making his endorsement: “I do not say…
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Selling Obama as a Pro-Life Candidate
Deal W. Hudson October 2, 2008 Just when this presidential election could not get any stranger, David Brody reports the launching of a “Pro-Life Pro-Obama” Web site. When is the “John McCain, Pacifist” Website going to show up? The effort to sell Obama as a pro-life candidate is being spearheaded by a group called the Matthew 25…
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Will the Church Split Along Red and Blue Lines?
Deal W. Hudson October 9, 2008 An Obama victory on November 4 is far from certain, but the momentum behind his campaign prompts me to wonder: What impact could an Obama administration have on the Catholic Church? The Bush victories in 2000 and 2004 brought a flood of commentary on the so-called red and blue states. If…
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Last Safe Haven for Iraqi Christians Taken by Al-Qaeda
Deal W. Hudson October 13, 2008 “Now the last safe haven for Christians is gone,” said Canon Andrew White, the vicar of St. George’s church in Baghdad. During the past week, twelve Christians have been killed and more than 3,000 have left the city of Mosul, once considered a safe zone for persecuted Iraqi Christians.…
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How Will History Judge Catholics in the 2008 Election?
Deal W. Hudson October 24, 2008 The Catholic Church is often accused of complicity in a variety of moral evils, including the institution of slavery, the rise of the Nazi Party, and even the horror of the Holocaust itself. Historians differ on the degree of blame properly assigned to Catholics. But they all agree on…
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What Are We Doing?
Deal W. Hudson October 27, 2008 Last night, the Archdiocese of New York held its famous Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, with both Senators John McCain and Barack Obama as guests. I watched the coverage today – the story is all over the news, along with images of Obama and Edward Cardinal Egan sharing…
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Is a Split in the GOP Inevitable?
Deal W. Hudson October 31, 2008 As I write this, Sen. John McCain is edging closer to Sen. Barack Obama in the national polls. Whether this will translate into enough votes to win battleground states like Pennsylvania, Florida, and Ohio is still a long shot. But whatever happens on November 4, a major shake-up in the…
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Why I Will Vote for John McCain
Deal W. Hudson November 4, 2008 My support this election for John McCain has been no secret, as regular readers know. But while I’ve offered my reasons here and there, I’ve never put them all together in a single piece. I try to do that now. Some of my case for McCain comes from agreeing…
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Finding Perspective on Obama in Ireland
Deal W. Hudson November 10, 2008 Anne is still tired from her recent trip to China, but she wants to talk about Barack Obama. The explosive growth of her apostolate, Direction for Our Times, has left her exhausted and half-sick, but she is alarmed about Catholics who are describing Obama as the anti-Christ. She asks me…
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Why Hitler Stole the Art of Europe
Deal W. Hudson November 18, 2008 Adolf Hitler aspired to be a painter, and he became a tyrant. As a painter he was mediocre, but his understanding of art’s power was second to none. Hitler knew that conquering Europe would require more than war; it would call for a complete domination of the culture, especially…
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