Category: Tributes
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The Prince of Darkness Heads Towards the Light
Deal Hudson Published August 20, 2009 “My obituary will now begin with the Valerie Plame story,” Bob Novak said with a wry smile. We were having breakfast at the Army-Navy Club in Washington, D.C., a year after the media furor began over his column identifying Plame as a CIA operative. Novak, of course, was right: […]
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Paul Henkels–Joy, Golf, and a Life Well-Lived
Deal W. Hudson Published January 19, 2009 The line of people began at the front door of St. Philip Neri Church in Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania, and formed two complete loops around the sanctuary before it came to rest at the open coffin. Many who came to pay their respects stood for several hours before being […]
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“Pavarotti, a Voice That Will Never Die”
Deal W. Hudson September 6, 2007 We all awakened this morning to the news that the greatest voice of our generation, Luciano Pavarotti, had died. The sound of his voice is something that I have carried inside my head since my early 20s, when I first heard him sing La Boheme at the Metropolitan Opera. […]
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John Paul the Great
Deal W. Hudson Published The Catholic Church in 1978 was marked by confusion and conflict. In October of that year, the conclave voted and gave us Pope John Paul II. More than 26 years later there are two dominant views of his papacy. One argues that he renewed the Church and saved it from dissent […]
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Rick Santorum Is Right
Deal W. Hudson Published I’ve been in the media business long enough to have learned a thing or two about the way the system works. Sometimes I learned those lessons the hard way after being misquoted or having my statements taken out of context by an unfriendly reporter. It’s like playing the old game of […]
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Jim Towey on Why the Government Cannot Love
Deal W. Hudson Published In the midst of Valentine’s Day sentiment, it’s refreshing to hear someone who speaks plainly about love. At a White House briefing on February 6, Jim Towey, the new Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, said something that ought to be heard–“government cannot love.” Towey, who […]
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Mortimer J. Adler–The Great Philosopher Who Became Catholic
Deal W. Hudson Published June 29, 2009 Reprinted with permission from our good friends at InsideCatholic.com, the leading online journal of Catholic faith, culture, and politics. Eight years ago today, a famous American philosopher died who had lived as a Catholic the last year of his life. Not so long ago, his name – Mortimer […]
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Archbishop Chaput Says ‘Be a Catholic First’
Deal W. Hudson Published October 16, 2012 Nearly 500 people packed the gymnasium at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Chester Springs, Pennsylvania late Saturday afternoon to hear Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap address the issue of Catholics in politics. Archbishop Chaput spoke for about 45 minutes, followed by eight questions from the audience. The […]
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Bishop Robert F. Vasa — We Need More Like Him!
Deal W. Hudson Published August 16, 2010 Too often, Catholic commentators, including myself, speak about American bishops in the plural. The existence of a national bishops’ conference unfortunately encourages this habit, one that obscures a basic fact about the Catholic Church: It is individual bishops who are responsible for sanctifying the lives of the Catholic […]
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Ray Flynn – A Real Pro-Life Catholic Democrat
Deal W. Hudson Published March 21, 2011 Reprinted with permission from our good friends at InsideCatholic.com, the leading online journal of Catholic faith, culture, and politics. Following the Bart Stupak betrayal, several pundits declared the end of the pro-life Democrat. For months, Congressman Stupak and a small group of Catholic House members had held out […]
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