Category: Church
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10 Ways Catholics Can Elect the Next President
Deal W. Hudson March 13, 2015 The 2016 election will be decisive for the future of our nation. Eight more years of leadership such as we have witnessed under Obama will stamp our culture so deeply it would take a century to undo the damage. What damage, you ask? Eight more years will bring an…
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The God Who Died
Deal W. Hudson April 2, 2015 What kind of “God” could die? If you think about it and apply your common sense, a God is something perfect, eternal, present to everything, lacking nothing. That which we call “God” cannot suffer anything, much less death. Yet, we are fast upon the day when our God, the…
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The Sacrifice, a Poem by George Herbert (1633)
Deal W. Hudson April 3, 2015 From The Temple (1633), by George Herbert The Sacrifice OH all ye, who passe by, whose eyes and minde To worldly things are sharp, but to me blinde; To me, who took eyes that I might you finde: Was ever grief like mine? The Princes of my people make a head…
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The Exorcist Author Learns Death is a Lie
Deal W. Hudson April 25, 2015 A Book Review: William Peter Blatty, Finding Peter: A True Story of the Hand of Providence and Evidence of Life after Death Regnery Publishing, March 30, 2015 256 pages, $27.99 Honesty is rare, and when it’s found in a book such as this the effect is quite arresting and compelling.…
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The Search for True Happiness, Revisited
Deal W. Hudson May 5, 2015 Twenty years ago I published a book entitled, Happiness and the Limits of Satisfaction. It was a product of my academic years, making the book somewhat formidable to the average reader. However, a few good friends got through it, liked it, one of whom, the late Leo Linbeck, Jr., sent…
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From the Birthplace of St. Benedict — Music That Eases the Soul
Deal W. Hudson May 28, 2015 I’m writing this just after finishing a radio interview for “Church and Culture” with Fr. Basil Nixen, choirmaster at the Benedictine Monastery in Norcia, Italy, where St. Benedict himself was born in 480 A.D. A native of Yuma, AZ, Fr. Basil was a seminarian when, on the occasion of…
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The Arrogance of Bob Schieffer and the Mainstream Media
Deal W. Hudson June 2, 2015 Bob Schieffer, a reporter at CBS since 1969, is retiring. As a prelude to his valedictory laps, he was interviewed on CBS Morning Show a few days ago. He addressed the “revolution in the media,” stating the obvious: “We now don’t know where people get their news, but what we do…
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Dear Pope Francis, What Happened to “Who Am I To Judge?”
Deal W. Hudson June 22, 2015 At a large rally of young people in Turin yesterday, Pope Francis made some remarks that left me shaking my head. Here’s The Guardian‘s report of the Pope’s speech about war and politics: “If you trust only men you have lost. . . . It makes me think of . . . people, managers,…
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David Brooks Doesn’t Understand Love (But Who Does?)
Deal W. Hudson June 23, 2015 David Brooks offers an interesting, and mostly correct, a critique of the Pope Francis’s new encyclical, Laudato si‘, in his column, “Fracking and the Franciscans.” Brooks correctly points out: “You would never know from the encyclical that we are living through the greatest reduction in poverty in human history. A raw and…
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Ten Things to Know About the Politics of the New Encyclical
Deal W. Hudson June 25, 2015 The new papal encyclical, Laudato si’, is already a factor in the 2016 presidential election. Democrats are thrilled at having the “appearance” of support from Pope Francis. The Republican Party, which needs Catholic voters to win elections, should pay close attention to the impact of the encyclical on attitudes of…
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