Category: The Christian Review 2016
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The Major Confusion of Catholic Voters – When a Catholic Can Differ With the Bishops
Deal W. Hudson July 5, 2016 Catholic voters remain deeply confused about when they are morally obligated to vote as their Bishop or Pope teaches, and when they don’t. The reason is simple: Catholic voters are unaware of the distinction between the handful of issues that are “settled” or “non-negotiable,” and those that are not, meaning…
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The FBI Lets Hillary Walk Free – Politics Strips the Blindfold From Justice
Deal W. Hudson July 5, 2016 With the news that the Federal Bureau of Investigation recommends no charges be brought against Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee for President of the United States, we have come to the point in the history of our nation that we can no longer have trust and respect for our legal…
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The Coming Civil War?
Deal W. Hudson July 9, 2016 Though I opposed the election of President Obama, twice, I hoped, like many others, that it would offer hope to the African American community and lower the tensions between white and black Americans. Now, at the end of two Obama terms, we have a group, #BlackLivesMatter, seething with anger,…
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Tim Kaine, Catholic Dissent, and Jesuit Shtick
Deal W. Hudson August 2, 2016 With the nomination of Sen. Tim Kaine, Catholic voters once again face a decision about whether or not to send a pro-abortion, dissenting Catholic to Number One Observatory Circle, the official residence of the Vice President of the United States. For the past eight years, Vice President Joseph Biden has lived…
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The Catholic Church Doesn’t Really Care About Abortion
Deal W. Hudson August 15, 2016 Here we are, in the midst of a presidential election pitting an avowed abortion advocate against an avowed pro-life candidate. Making the choice between them starker, Hillary Clinton has chosen a pro-abortion Catholic, Sen. Tim Kaine, while Donald Trump picked pro-life Gov. Mike Pence. To make matters even starker,…
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How the Catholic Church Helps the Clinton/Kaine Ticket
Deal W. Hudson August 16, 2016 When I wrote “Why the Catholic Church Doesn’t Really Care About Abortion,” I thought it would fall, as they say, on deaf ears. I was surprised that so many readers immediately grasped the issues I had with Archbishop Chaput’s column of August 12, 2016, as well as my claim that the Catholic…
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The Four Loopholes in the Bishop’s Political Guidance
Deal W. Hudson August 18, 2016 Every four years the Catholic bishops publish a document entitled “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship.” This document represents the official guidance given to Catholic voters in a national election. In my opinion, “Forming Consciences” is seriously flawed, offering four loopholes allowing Catholics to look away from candidates who support…
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A Letter From the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Regarding a Column I Wrote
Deal W. Hudson August 23, 2016 The following is a letter to me from Kevin Gavin, Director of Communications for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. I asked his permission to publish it here, which he kindly gave. Dear Deal, I read your recent commentary published by The Christian Review on Monday and was deeply concerned. We’re certainly all…
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Have Our Shepherds Been Blown to the Ground?
Deal W. Hudson August 29, 2016 And when they went their way, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John: What went you out into the desert to see? a reed is shaken with the wind? (Matthew 11.7) In earlier columns, I’ve expressed concerns about the moral leadership of the Catholic Church during this presidential…
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Another Bishop Addresses the Election and Sows Confusion
Deal W. Hudson September 11, 2016 Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger of Albany has published a column on the election, “We hold these truths: On the founders of our country and today’s Catholic voters.” I must admit my expectations were set very low when I read the first line, “A surefire way of demonstrating the existence of…
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