Category: Church
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Why Are the Bishops Forcing the Issue of Healthcare?
Deal W. Hudson August 13, 2009 If ever there were a time when Catholics should not trust the United States government, it is now. The president, his administration, and the congressional leadership are removing all the abortion restrictions put in place since Roe v. Wade. And yet, the bishops are backing a proposal to give the federal government…
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Bill Donohue Takes Aim at the Secular Left
Deal W. Hudson August 31, 2009 In 1978, a young scholar in his early 30s named Bill Donohue, working on a book about the ACLU, went to New York City to interview its founder, Roger Baldwin. Donohue asked him why the ACLU was opposed to a moment of silent “meditation” in the classroom. Baldwin responded, “I suppose…
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The Problems with Government-Run Healthcare
Deal W. Hudson September 3, 2009 As the White House backs away from the so-called public option in health-care reform, Catholic experts are hopeful that the proposed government control of the nation’s medical care will be put aside. They argue that rejecting the public option will better serve a culture of life, maintain the present high quality…
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When Should Catholics “Call a Spade a Spade”?
Deal W. Hudson September 7, 2009 “To call a spade a spade,” a phrase whose origin can be traced back to Plutarch, is defined by Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable as to be “outspoken, blunt, even to the point of rudeness.” The question of when Catholics should be outspoken, in this sense, has arisen over the heated…
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Playing the Race Card and the Sin of Slander
Deal W. Hudson September 17, 2009 On Tuesday, former president Jimmy Carter told NBC Nightly News, “I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he’s African-American.” I have some questions for Carter: On what grounds do you label…
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Charity, Civility, and Speaking the Truth
Deal W. Hudson September 21, 2009 The funeral of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy provoked a highly charged debate among Catholics about civility. In the midst of this discussion, Archbishop Raymond L. Burke, the prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, came to Washington, D.C., to be honored by InsideCatholic.com at its 14th…
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Divine Mercy Care
Deal W. Hudson October 5, 2009 “Put us head to head with any Planned Parenthood clinic, and people will choose us.” Dr. John Bruchalski, an OB/GYN in Fairfax, Virginia, told me how his Divine Mercy Care organization can transform national health care. DMC presently consists of an obstetrics and gynecology facility, the Tepeyac Family Center, and the DMC…
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Why A “Public Option” Will Lead to Abortion Coverage
Deal W. Hudson October 12, 2009 This week, the Senate Finance Committee is scheduled to vote on the health-care bill. If it passes, the Finance bill will be reconciled with the bill already passed by the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. Then health-care reform will go to the Senate floor for a vote. The Finance Committee…
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The Stupid Party May Learn a Lesson in Upstate New York
Deal W. Hudson October 22, 2009 A special election will be held on November 3 in upstate New York that may send a much-needed message to the GOP. New York Congressional District 23 was put up for grabs when nine-term Rep. John McHugh, a Republican, resigned to become Secretary of the Army. The eleven Republican chairs of…
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USCCB Partners an Effort to Investigate Rush Limbaugh’s “Hate Speech”
Deal W. Hudson October 26, 2009 In an important article for the American Spectator, Jeffrey Lord describes the effort of “So We Might See” – “a national inter-faith coalition for media justice,” according to its Web site – to force a Federal Communications Commission investigation of conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh. The organization’s petition to FCC chairman Julius Genachowski…
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