Category: Culture
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The Face of Pope Benedict XVI
Deal W. Hudson April 21, 2008 His Holiness came to America known as the “enforcer” of Catholic doctrine. He left America as the face of the Church, the face of peace. Benedict XVI arrived in the midst of swirling controversies, but in addressing them, he raised our hearts and minds to the place where all…
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Why Are the Christians Leaving the Holy Land?
Deal W. Hudson April 28, 2008 Catholics in the United States have been slow to grasp the problems facing Christians living in the Holy Land. Many Catholics don’t even know they are there, or that they are Arab Christians. Most Americans equate Arabs with Muslims, in spite of the fact that Arabs were Christians long before they…
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Catholics Come Home
Deal W. Hudson May 5, 2008 One out of every ten Americans is a lapsed Catholic, according to the Pew Forum’s recently released “U.S. Religious Landscape Survey.” Though the Pew statistics could be disputed, the survey confirmed what any observer of the Church knows: Many cradle Catholics leave the Church never to return. In response to…
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How Obama’s Catholics Will Dodge the Infanticide Question
Deal W. Hudson May 12, 2008 When Obama’s Catholic supporters attacked Catholic League president Bill Donohue for his criticism of their candidate, they did not mention Obama’s support for infanticide. The question will inevitably arise for the distinguished group of Catholics supporting Obama as to how they can defend his preference for infanticide in cases where…
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Why the Media Rejected John Hagee’s Apology
Deal W. Hudson May 19, 2008 When Bill Donohue accused Rev. John Hagee of anti-Catholicism, the liberal media accepted his opinion as authoritative. After Donohue accepted Hagee’s letter of regret and announced “case closed,” the same media accused Donohue of lying to help John McCain’s candidacy. Donohue’s veracity is unquestioned if it allows the media…
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A Catholic Composer to Watch…
Deal W. Hudson May 23, 2008 Eric Genuis is a composer, performer, and conductor on a mission to save the culture from the destructive effects of bad music. Like the philosophers of ancient Greece, Genius believes music shapes our character and worries that “young people are damaged by popular music before they become adults.” His solution is…
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Are Religious Conservatives and the GOP Heading for Divorce?
Deal W. Hudson May 27, 2008 On May 22, 2008, a new era began in the history of what is called the Religious Right. Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain rejected the endorsements of two of the leading Evangelical pastors in the United States, Rev. John Hagee, and Rev. Rod Parsley. The impact of McCain…
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Targeting the Bishops?
Deal W. Hudson May 29, 2008 In this special InsideCatholic.com Point/Counterpoint, Deal W. Hudson and Francis X. Maier, the chancellor of the Archdiocese of Denver, discuss and debate whether a Catholic may criticize a bishop publicly. Is it a violation of canon law? Must Catholic journalists avoid scandal or bad news or anything that shows…
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John McCain Is Losing the Religious Right
Deal W. Hudson June 2, 2008 “Evangelicals feel like they have been served their divorce papers,” said one major Evangelical leader in an interview on Saturday. “They don’t know exactly what they are going to do,” he told me, adding, “There are going to be meetings all over the country in the next few weeks…
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Receiving Messages from God in Ireland?
Deal W. Hudson June 9, 2008 In a remote city in central Ireland lives an alleged locutionist named “Anne.” For the past five years she says she has been receiving auditory messages from Jesus Christ, His mother, His father on earth, and a variety of saints, including the great mystic St. Teresa of Avila. Anne’s…
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