Category: Politics
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Sed Contra: The Political Enigma of Catholic Minority Groups
Deal W. Hudson June 1, 2001 The top priority of Republican Party strategists over the last few years has been winning more support from two groups—religiously active voters and racial and ethnic minorities. In the case of Mass-attending Catholics who also belong to minority groups—Hispanic, Asian, and African-American—this outreach effort poses an intriguing question: Will…
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Sed Contra: The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Bishops
Deal W. Hudson June 1, 2002 The April 24 communiqué from the meeting of the U.S. cardinals at the Vatican is really an agenda for the June meeting of the U.S. bishops in Dallas. Although the communiqué failed to spell out a “zero tolerance” policy for first-time sex abusers, its intent is clear: The communiqué,…
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Sed Contra: Learning to Listen
Deal W. Hudson May 1, 2002 It’s difficult for those of us in the evangelism business to listen. After all, if you’re proclaiming the “good news,” isn’t it you do the talking? But it shouldn’t always be this way. Evangelism begins with listening: first to the Word of God and then to those who must…
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Crisis Interview With Robert Bennett
Deal W. Hudson February 1, 2003 Crisis publisher and editor Deal W. Hudson recently sat down with Robert S. Bennett, an attorney in Washington, D.C., and a member of the U.S. bishops’ national review board on clergy sexual abuse, to talk about the work of the board. Hudson: Who asked you to be on the…
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Sed Contra: Are We All Bigots Now?
Deal W. Hudson June 1, 2003 The following excerpt is from Jay Leno’s opening monologue on The Tonight Show (April 23, 2003): “The Republican senator from Pennsylvania, Rick Santorum—well, let me finish. Don’t hiss me. You can hiss the guy later. He is causing quite a lot of controversy this week with remarks he made…
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Sed Contra: The Neocon Question
Deal W. Hudson July 1, 2003 On a fairly regular basis, both I and CRISIS are described as “neoconservative”—a branding that manages to be both puzzling and expected. Frankly, I’ve never thought of myself or the magazine primarily in terms of a political movement; indeed, the only isms I espouse without exception are Catholicism and…
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Sed Contra: The Sound of Desperation
Deal W. Hudson September 1, 2003 “Letting Hudson define Catholicism is like letting Osama define Islam.” Thus columnist Ellen Goodman opined in the Boston Globe on August 3. Normally, I wince when I read criticism about myself in print, but this made me smile. It’s an encouraging sign when an important leader of the opposition,…
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Sed Contra: Where’s the Hope?
Deal W. Hudson October 1, 2003 Before e-mail, I could have never received personal messages from hundreds of people in a single day. But as our weekly e-mail newsletter has grown, so has the number of readers who take the time to respond (and, yes, I read them all). Most of the messages are positive…
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Sed Contra: Watch This Closely
Deal W. Hudson January 1, 2004 In the next couple of months, the National Review Board will issue two reports. On January 6, the board will announce the results of its diocesan audit that measures compliance with the charter the bishops adopted in June 2002 to protect children and youth. And on February 27, the…
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Sed Contra: The Coming Test
Deal W. Hudson April 1, 2004 This summer in Boston the Democratic Party will formally nominate a pro-abortion Catholic, Senator John Kerry, as its candidate for president. This is the man who went out of his way during the primary to identify himself as the most pro-abortion of all the candidates. When asked what his…
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