Category: Ethics
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The Son Is Risen!
Deal W. Hudson March 27, 2016 Two of George Herbert’s poems appropriate to this day: “Easter” and “I Got Me, Flowers,” both published in The Temple: Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations (1633). Herbert, born in Wales, was an Anglican priest. Five of his poems, including the two below, were set to music by Ralph Vaughn Williams as…
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Why Does a Catholic Diocese Provide Syringes?
Deal W. Hudson April 25, 2016 While I was the publisher and editor of Crisis Magazine, I chronicled the plight of the Albany Diocese in Upstate, NY under the former leadership of now Bishop Emeritus Howard J. Hubbard. His stewardship of the diocese was a test case in the failures of the progressive policies of many churchmen…
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Voting Our Values: How to Vote Catholic
Deal W. Hudson June 25, 2016 How to Vote Catholic Voting Our Values Catholics make up about 30 percent of voters in national elections. Depending on voter turnout, these 36 to 39 million Catholics have the power to make our country a better nation that is more welcoming to life, more supportive of families, and…
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A Speech on Pro-Life Politics – A Layman’s Point of View
Deal W. Hudson June 26, 2016 On June 24, 2016, I gave this speech on Faithful Citizenship at the Ruah Woods Conference Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. I followed Father Frank Pavone, head of Priests for Life. I shared my experiences in the Catholic outreach efforts of George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004, as well…
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Bill Donohue Exposes Jesus Hoax of Harvard Professor
Deal W. Hudson. June 27, 2016 Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, has just slapped down some theological and archeological silliness of a Harvard professor about there being a “wife” of Jesus: Read what he has to say below. In 2012, Harvard professor Karen L. King told the world that we need to rethink…
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The Major Confusion of Catholic Voters – When a Catholic Can Differ With the Bishops
Deal W. Hudson July 5, 2016 Catholic voters remain deeply confused about when they are morally obligated to vote as their Bishop or Pope teaches, and when they don’t. The reason is simple: Catholic voters are unaware of the distinction between the handful of issues that are “settled” or “non-negotiable,” and those that are not, meaning…
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The FBI Lets Hillary Walk Free – Politics Strips the Blindfold From Justice
Deal W. Hudson July 5, 2016 With the news that the Federal Bureau of Investigation recommends no charges be brought against Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee for President of the United States, we have come to the point in the history of our nation that we can no longer have trust and respect for our legal…
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The Coming Civil War?
Deal W. Hudson July 9, 2016 Though I opposed the election of President Obama, twice, I hoped, like many others, that it would offer hope to the African American community and lower the tensions between white and black Americans. Now, at the end of two Obama terms, we have a group, #BlackLivesMatter, seething with anger,…
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Tim Kaine, Catholic Dissent, and Jesuit Shtick
Deal W. Hudson August 2, 2016 With the nomination of Sen. Tim Kaine, Catholic voters once again face a decision about whether or not to send a pro-abortion, dissenting Catholic to Number One Observatory Circle, the official residence of the Vice President of the United States. For the past eight years, Vice President Joseph Biden has lived…
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The Catholic Church Doesn’t Really Care About Abortion
Deal W. Hudson August 15, 2016 Here we are, in the midst of a presidential election pitting an avowed abortion advocate against an avowed pro-life candidate. Making the choice between them starker, Hillary Clinton has chosen a pro-abortion Catholic, Sen. Tim Kaine, while Donald Trump picked pro-life Gov. Mike Pence. To make matters even starker,…
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