Category: CatholiCity 2010
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Catholics Organize to Promote Gay Marriage
Deal W. Hudson February 24, 2010 Those wondering why Francis Cardinal George suddenly announced his condemnation of New Ways Ministry on February 5 should take note of a meeting held a few days earlier in Washington, D.C. During the last weekend of January, a group of Catholics, lay and religious, met in Washington to launch “Catholics for…
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Abortion Is Devastating the African American Community
Deal W. Hudson March 1, 2010 According to the Centers for Disease Control, African American women have 40 percent of the nation’s abortions, but make up only 13 percent of the population. That black children are being aborted at such a high rate has not been a subject of discussion among the Democrats in the Congress…
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Portrait of a Pro-Life Catholic from Down Under
Deal W. Hudson March 4, 2010 “Cardinal Pell is an inspiration to all Catholics in Australia,” says Cory Bernardi, a pro-life Catholic senator from South Australia. Bernardi, along with his wife Sinead and two young sons, attends the traditional Latin Mass in his hometown of Adelaide. I spoke with him a few months ago in Washington,…
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Why There Is No Church Teaching on the Health Care Bill
Deal W. Hudson March 8, 2010 Even I was surprised a few weeks ago at the strength of the positive response to my column asking, “Is It Time for a Catholic Tea Party?” There’s considerable unrest among faithful Catholics who differ with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) on some of its major policy positions, as…
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Catholic Bishops Must Change Health Care Strategy
Deal W. Hudson March 11, 2010 The lobbying strategy of the Catholic bishops in the health-care debate thus far has been one of qualified support. We support the health-care reform bill, the bishops argue, as long as it does not contain abortion funding and provides conscience protection for health-care workers. The only help the bishops…
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The Failure of the Bishops’ Healthcare Bill Strategy
Deal W. Hudson March 15, 2010 The Catholic Health Association (CHA), a lobbying group for Catholic hospitals, has offered its support for the health-care bill as it currently stands. A statement from CHA president Sr. Carol Keehan expresses “concern on life issues” while underscoring the bill’s requirement that “a separate check” would have to be written for…
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Fifty-Nine Thousand Nuns Oppose the Bishops on Health Care
Deal W. Hudson March 18, 2010 “Don’t mess with nuns!” is a comment I’ve often heard over the years from cradle Catholics who were taught by them. The question now arises whether the undecided Catholic members of the House will be influenced by the 60 nuns – each a leader of her religious order –…
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Bart Stupak Failed Us
Deal W. Hudson March 22, 2010 We are the hollow men We are the stuffed men The evening the Stupak-Pitts Amendment passed, I expressed the hope that a new era of pro-life politics had begun. For the first time in a long time, the Democratic Party had an advocate for the unborn around whom others could rally.…
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Remember the Palestinians
Deal W. Hudson May 3, 2010 The Holy Land is a place of stories. Everyone has a story about Israel and the occupied territory called Palestine by those who live there. Many of the events are drenched in blood – often that of relatives present or past – which is why, when the story is…
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Sr. Carol Keehan Misrepresents Her Support of the Health-Care Bill
Deal W. Hudson May 9, 2010 Sr. Carol Keehan responded to the standing ovation she received at a gathering of Obama’s Catholic coalition by making a very strange claim about her support of the recent health-care legislation signed by President Barack Obama. “We were in complete accord with our bishops and our church that abortion is a grave evil.…
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