Category: CatholiCity 2009
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Will Rev. Federico Lombardi Resign from the Vatican Press Office?
Deal W. Hudson May 25, 2009 On July 11, 2006, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Rev. Federico Lombardi, S.J., to be the director of the Vatican Press Office. Father Lombardi took over a position held for 22 years by Dr. Joaquin Navarro-Valls, a numerary of Opus Dei. It is possible, however, that Father Lombardi may not…
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Vatican Newspaper Provides Obama’s 2012 Campaign Message
Deal W. Hudson May 28, 2009 The 2012 Obama campaign message to Catholics has already been written. Here it is, conveniently laid out by the official Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, and its editor, Giovanni Maria Vian: “[President Obama] is not a pro-abortion president.” – Giovanni Maria Vian, in an interview with a Vatican analyst from the Italian…
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The Basement of the Culture of Death
Deal W. Hudson June 11, 2009 With a pro-abortion president in the White House, new sub-groups in the broader “culture of death” is coming into view. One of them is dark, indeed. Take two recent events: Dr. George Tiller is compared to Martin Luther King, Jr. The president of Catholics for Choice attacks a political…
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When Did David Letterman Stop Being Funny?
Deal W. Hudson June 15, 2009 The other night, I put a question to some friends: “Why isn’t David Letterman funny anymore?” No one disagreed with the premise, but we struggled to find an explanation while trying to recall what made him funny in the first place. The question was provoked by Letterman’s sleazy “joke” about Governor…
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Catholic Writer Tells a Pro-Life Horror Story
Deal W. Hudson June 21, 2009 Matthew Lickona is a Catholic writer who understands the new media, as a visit to his classy Website immediately attests. Already well-known for his book Swimming with Scapulars: True Confessions of a Young Catholic (Loyola Press, 2006), Lickona also understands the changing habits of younger readers, which is why he has published the…
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The Good News about Our Bishops
Deal W. Hudson June 25, 2009 For those who may be lamenting the seeming resurgence of the Catholic Left in the Age of Obama, I would like to point out some good news: This year’s spate of bishops’ assignments have been quite heartening. Since the beginning of 2009, there have been ten appointments announced by…
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The Great Philosopher Who Became Catholic
Deal W. Hudson June 29, 2009 Eight years ago today, a famous American philosopher died who had lived as a Catholic the last year of his life. Not so long ago, his name – Mortimer J. Adler – was synonymous with the “great books” approach to education he had pioneered with Robert Hutchins at the…
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President Obama Meets with Catholic Journalists
Deal W. Hudson July 3, 2009 Yesterday, President Obama held a 45-minute meeting in the Roosevelt Room at the White House with some members of the Catholic press. According to the Catholic News Service, those presently included writers from National Catholic Reporter, America, Commonweal, Catholic Digest, Vatican Radio, as well as a (non-Catholic) religion writer from the Washington Post. Rev. Owen Kearns was…
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Why Catholics Should Oppose Sotomayor
Deal W. Hudson July 6, 2009 The confirmation of nominee Sonia Sotomayor as a Supreme Court justice is almost a certainty. She’s a woman, a Hispanic, and the pick of a popular president who leads the party that controls the Senate. Democratic leadership in the Senate is determined to complete hearings before the Judiciary Committee…
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Benedict XVI Tightens Up the Church’s Social Teaching
Deal W. Hudson July 7, 2009 Pope Benedict XVI’s third encyclical – Caritas in Veritate – arrived today containing 30,468 words: an introduction, six chapters, conclusion, and 159 footnotes. It’s not thrilling reading, even by encyclical standards, but as the latest papal statement on the Church’s social teaching, “Love in Truth” will be a work of lasting significance. Those…
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