Category: Media
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God Goes on Trial in San Francisco
Deal W. Hudson December 3, 2007 On December 4, Seamus Hasson, president of the Becket Fund, will argue on behalf of public school students who want to keep “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance. Two years ago, the politically liberal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (San Francisco) struck down recitation of the Pledge because it contains “under…
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Obama Advisor is Well Known Dissenting Catholic
Deal W. Hudson December 7, 2007 Marshall Ganz, a Harvard sociologist, was a major force behind organizing Voice of the Faithful (VOTF), a dissenting Catholic organization devoted to “structural” change in the Church. VOTF, you may recall, used the occasion of the priest sex scandals to call for changes in Catholic doctrine such as the…
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Why The Republicans Won’t Nominate Rudy Giuliani
Deal W. Hudson December 17, 2007 Two dramas are unfolding this political season. First, can Barak Obama defeat Hillary Clinton? Now that Oprah Winfrey is on his stage, evidently he can. Second, will the pro-life party nominate Rudy Giuliani and break its promise to the religious and social conservatives who came into the party over…
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Bishop Says Catholic Schools Are Not the First Priority
Deal W. Hudson December 20, 2007 Bishops are closing Catholic schools all over the country because they can no longer afford them. But this is the story of one school being closed that doesn’t cost the bishops a penny. Seventy-five-year-old St. Augustine Catholic School is the only Catholic school in Ocean City, New Jersey. Supported…
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Anti-Catholic Bias in Georgetown AIDS Report
Deal W. Hudson January 14, 2008 On January 9, Ray Ruddy, president of Boston’s Gerard Health Foundation, wrote a letter to Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia asking him to disavow or retract a Georgetown report entitled “Faith Communities Engage the HIV/AIDS Crisis.” The report, published in November by Georgetown’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace,…
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Senator Brownback on the Case for John McCain
Deal W. Hudson January 21, 2008 Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) is the leading pro-life Catholic in the Senate. After withdrawing from the race for the GOP presidential nomination, he endorsed Senator John McCain (R-AZ). His choice of McCain surprised some of Brownback’s supporters, so I asked him about his endorsement. ♦ ♦ ♦ Deal W.…
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Is the Catholic Vote Giving John McCain the GOP Lead?
Deal W. Hudson January 31, 2008 When Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) dropped out of the presidential race and endorsed “maverick” Senator John McCain (R-AZ), many scratched their heads. But his endorsement, which bucked the conservative establishment trend toward Mitt Romney, has provided the winning edge for McCain. Brownback surprised people with his support of McCain…
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Are U.S. Dollars Supporting Abortion in China?
Deal W. Hudson February 4, 2008 The mission of the Global Fund is to fight HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis around the world. Since 2004, this Swiss organization has received over $3 billion, one-third of its entire budget, from the United States. A study just released by the Gerard Health Foundation provides evidence that Global Fund…
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Nation’s Top Pro-Life Judicial Activist Speaks Out on John McCain
Deal W. Hudson February 5, 2008 Manny Miranda is recognized as the leading national activist for conservative judicial appointments. He surprised people by endorsing Sen. John McCain for president, in spite of criticism of the Arizona senator’s role in the “Gang of 14,” a bipartisan effort to deal with the Senate backlog of Bush’s judicial…
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Georgia Bishops Oppose State Human Life Amendment
Deal W. Hudson February 24, 2008 Last year, Georgia Right to Life introduced a Human Life Amendment (HR 536) in the state legislature that would amend the Georgia constitution to define the human person and protect unborn life from the threat of abortion. Hearings were held last week by the Georgia Judiciary Committee in the…
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