Category: Church
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Rome Rejects While the Bishops “Reflect”
Deal W. Hudson Just when I thought it was going to be a slow news week, two big stories break practically on top of each other. I was in the middle of writing up some thoughts on the Plenary Council, as I promised in my last e-letter, but I think I’ll have to put that…
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A Dark Day for Pro-Abortionists
Deal W. Hudson Well, the dust has finally begun to settle from the election flurry earlier this week. Now that things are starting to clear up, it’s time for us to step back and assess the situation. There certainly were some unexpected upsets, but what I think was the most unexpected – and the most…
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Are Your Kids Safe in a Catholic College?
Deal W. Hudson Let me warn you up front: You’re not going to like this one bit. Last time I wrote to you, I mentioned the great success of the March for Life. To me, one of its most successful aspects was the huge crowd of young people it attracted. The event was a family…
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Rick Santorum Is Right
Deal W. Hudson I’ve been in the media business long enough to have learned a thing or two about the way the system works. Sometimes I learned those lessons the hard way after being misquoted or having my statements taken out of context by an unfriendly reporter. It’s like playing the old game of telephone:…
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The Dissenter’s Secret Meeting
Deal W. Hudson This morning, the Boston Globe dropped a bombshell of a story… though they seem to have little idea just how major it is. The title was “Bishops seek out opinions, in private: conference focus is church future,” and began by explaining that some top bishops “met secretly with a group of prominent…
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Passion, Not Prejudice
Deal W. Hudson When the ridiculous charges of anti-Semitism have finally passed, two questions will have to be asked. First, why was the attack on Gibson so prolonged, so vicious, so multifaceted? Second, why did none of the liberal crowd who joined in the public hounding of Gibson ever concern themselves with his artist freedom?…
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Catholic Opinion By the Numbers
Deal W. Hudson Nanci Pelosi is 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 Reporter, Pelosi…
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Dominant-Issue Voters
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 Catholic…
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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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A Little Hard To Believe
Deal W. Hudson On Sunday, John Kerry told Iowa’s Telegraph Herald that he personally opposes abortion and believes that life begins at conception. The exact quote is as follows: “I oppose abortion, personally. I don’t like abortion. I believe life does begin at conception.” Amazing. You may recall the e-letter I sent you in February…
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