Category: Media
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Bombing Gaza Won’t Make Israel Safer
Deal W. Hudson December 29, 2008 The situation in Gaza is a tragedy whose denouement is approaching. Over the past two days, Israeli air strikes have killed nearly 300 Palestinians – over 700 have been wounded. Israeli tanks are ready to attack and 6,500 reservists have been called up in case the conflict intensifies. Israel is calling…
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My New Year’s Wish for the Church
Deal W. Hudson January 1, 2009 In the twenty-five years since I became a Catholic, I have continuously wondered why there is so little evangelism. I speak of the Church in this country, of course, though the observation would apply to Europe as well. I think I have finally located one source of the problem.…
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Exposing the ‘Abortion Reduction’ Scam
Deal W. Hudson January 27, 2009 The centerpiece of Obama’s Catholic outreach in the recent election was the “abortion reduction” trope. This was the cover provided by Catholic supporters for some of the most pro-abortion politicians in U.S. history. Doug Johnson, legislative director of National Right to Life, has detailed its deceptions and misrepresentations. By ending the…
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Bishop Dismisses FOCA Threat to Catholic Hospitals
Deal W. Hudson February 2, 2009 A Catholic News Service (CNS) article on January 27 reported a comment by Bishop Robert Lynch of St. Petersburg, Florida, on the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA). Asked by CNS reporter Nancy Frazier O’Brien about FOCA, Bishop Lynch spoke against it but then tried to dismiss Catholic concerns about the impact…
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A Bishop in the Tradition of Cardinal O’Connor
Deal W. Hudson February 9, 2009 Recently I’ve begun to notice a resemblance between Scranton’s Bishop Joseph Francis Martino and another Philadelphia-born bishop, John Cardinal O’Connor. Bishop Martino is outspoken, and his direct, almost pugnacious, criticism is reminiscent of the late cardinal of New York. Both Martino and O’Connor attended St. Charles Borromeo Seminary before…
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What the Pope Should Know about Nancy Pelosi
Deal W. Hudson February 16, 2009 This week, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) will meet with Pope Benedict XVI in the Vatican. With the debilitating illness of Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA), Pelosi has become the de facto leader of dissident Catholic members of Congress. It’s only appropriate that Pelosi should take Kennedy’s place. When she…
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A Catholic College Where the Students Sing (In Latin)
Deal W. Hudson February 23, 2009 Recently I had the chance to speak with Jeffrey J. Karls, president of Magdalen College in Warner, New Hampshire. Like many people, I had a few misconceptions about the school. After speaking with him and getting the facts, I thought it would be nice to turn our conversation into an…
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Do the Nebraska Bishops Want Open Borders?
Deal W. Hudson February 26, 2009 Early in the morning of December 12, 2006, 25 unmarked cars filled with federal agents pulled up in front of the Swift & Co. plant in Grand Island, Nebraska, to arrest illegal immigrants. “Operation Wagon Train” was part of a six-state effort to crack down on Swift, which was…
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Obama’s Choice of Sebelius Heats Up the Pro-life Battle
Deal W. Hudson March 2, 2009 President Barack Obama has selected a pro-abortion Catholic governor, who has been told by her bishop not to present herself for communion, to head the Department of Health and Human Services. Writing last year in his diocesan newspaper, Bishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas, discussed a meeting with Gov. Kathleen Sebelius…
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The Trial of Kathleen Sebelius
Deal W. Hudson March 16, 2009 Late-term abortionist Dr. George Tiller will stand trial in Wichita beginning today, charged with 19 misdemeanor counts of failing to obtain a mandatory second, independent physician’s opinion to performing a late-term abortion. Tiller is accused of having a financial relationship with his partnered physician, Dr. Ann Kristin Neuhaus, who provided the second opinions.…
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