Category: Spirituality
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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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The Trenton Times Gets It Wrong on Catholics and Voting
Deal W. Hudson August 3, 2008 There will be much media mischief aimed at Catholic voters between now and November 4. Perhaps the best example thus far appeared in the Trenton Times on July 30. The headline of reporter Jeff Trently’s article tells you all you need to know about his intentions: “U.S. Bishops: Vote your conscience, Catholics urged…
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Is It Fair to Say Barack Obama Supports Infanticide?
Deal W. Hudson August 7, 2008 Objections continue to be raised to the charge that Senator Barack Obama supports infanticide, most recently in a Huffington Post column by Seth Colter Walls. I have made this claim myself, as have Sen. Rick Santorum, Terry Jeffreys, Jill Stanek, Bill Donohue, Gary Bauer, and Nat Hentoff. It’s a dramatic change, but…
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Can Charity Prevail on the Internet?
Deal W. Hudson August 13, 2008 Go to any news Web Site and find an article on George Bush, Barack Obama, or John McCain. Start reading the comments section – there may be several hundred if it’s a major news site like MSNBC or Fox News. Before long, you’ll begin to feel like you have…
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Obama’s Political “Cloud of Unknowing”
Deal W. Hudson September 8, 2008 Appearing Sunday on This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Sen. Barack Obama tried to undo the damage done by his Saddleback Church interview with Rick Warren – specifically his comment that the question of when an unborn child receives human rights was “above [his] pay grade.” “Was that phrase too flip?” Stephanopoulos asked Obama.…
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Taking the Time to Act Like Christians
Deal W. Hudson September 11, 2008 A few days ago I was asked to speak to a men’s group in Atlanta about Catholics in politics. As part of my presentation, I talked about the possibility of greater Catholic and Evangelical cooperation. To illustrate my point, I told the story about the reconciliation earlier this year…
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Creating a New Mt. Carmel… in America
Deal W. Hudson September 15, 2008 Almost exactly a year ago, I wrote about the “Last Carmelite Monks in America.” At the time, the eight Carmelites and their novices were overflowing their four-bedroom rectory in the mountains of northwest Wyoming. Since then, the monks’ numbers have grown quickly. By the end of the year, there will be…
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Selling Obama as a Pro-Life Candidate
Deal W. Hudson October 2, 2008 Just when this presidential election could not get any stranger, David Brody reports the launching of a “Pro-Life Pro-Obama” Web site. When is the “John McCain, Pacifist” Website going to show up? The effort to sell Obama as a pro-life candidate is being spearheaded by a group called the Matthew 25…
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Praying the Rosary for the Election
Deal W. Hudson October 7, 2008 “I would exhort people to say the rosary every day for life and for the success of the election.” These are the words of Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua, the retired archbishop of Philadelphia. When I spoke to him yesterday, the cardinal emphasized that he neither spoke officially for the archdiocese…
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Last Safe Haven for Iraqi Christians Taken by Al-Qaeda
Deal W. Hudson October 13, 2008 “Now the last safe haven for Christians is gone,” said Canon Andrew White, the vicar of St. George’s church in Baghdad. During the past week, twelve Christians have been killed and more than 3,000 have left the city of Mosul, once considered a safe zone for persecuted Iraqi Christians.…
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