Category: Faith
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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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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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John McCain Meets With Catholic Leaders in Philadelphia
Deal W. Hudson June 12, 2008 Sen. John McCain reached out to Catholic voters yesterday in Philadelphia at a gathering of Catholic lay leaders and clergy. The meeting, held at the venerable Union League on South Broad St., is one in an ongoing series being held nationwide by McCain and his Catholic surrogates – Sen.…
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Survey Takes a Revealing New Look at Religious Voters
Deal W. Hudson June 17, 2008 A new survey on religion and politics provides important background on the dynamics at work among religious voters in 2008. The “National Survey on Religion and Public Life” published by the Paul B. Henry Institute for the Study of Christianity and Politics at Calvin College was based on a…
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The Case Against Barack Obama
Deal W. Hudson June 26, 2008 For the past six months, I have commented regularly on Barack Obama’s outreach to Catholic voters. Looking over what I have written, I realized that taken together these articles serve as a one-stop reference for Catholics who want to know where Obama stands on the non-negotiable Catholic issues. Before…
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Infanticide?
Deal W. Hudson July 1, 2008 Infanticide is becoming a touchy subject for Barack Obama. So much so that his supporters either deny that their candidate ever voted against the Born Alive Infant Protection Act, or they describe his votes as “procedural,” as if Obama never really opposed providing medical treatment for infants who survived…
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Obama Responds to the Infanticide Charge
Deal W. Hudson July 7, 2008 A few days ago, Sen. Barack Obama was asked to clarify his position on late-term abortion by Cameron Strang of Relevant magazine. The senator used this as an opportunity to deny the “email rumors floating around that somehow I’m unwilling to see doctors offer life-giving care to children who were born as a…
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An Irish Mystic Comes to Chicago
Deal W. Hudson July 13, 2008 Mark I. Miravalle teaches theology at Franciscan University and is known around the world for his lectures on Mariology, private revelation, and Marian apparitions. He also heads a Catholic movement promoting an understanding of the Blessed Mother as “Coredemptrix, Mediatrix of All Graces, and Advocate for the People of God.” When…
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The Catholic Left Meets in Philadelphia
Deal W. Hudson July 15, 2008 The Convention for the Common Good was held in Philadelphia over the past weekend. When I wrote about the gathering in early April, Catholics Organize to Elect Obama, one of its co-sponsors wrote to me saying that I had mischaracterized their “non-partisan” effort to bring Catholics together to discuss public policy.…
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“McCain’s Opportunity, Obama’s Challenge”
Deal W. Hudson July 28, 2008 In May 2007, Benedict XVI flew to meet with the bishops of Mexico, Central America, and South America. While on the plane, the pope answered a question from a reporter about the Mexican bishops who were threatening to withhold the Eucharist from Catholic politicians who voted in favor of legalizing abortion.…
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