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Et in Jesum Christum: A Memoir by Julian Green
Editor’s note: In 1995 I wrote to Julian Green in Paris. Green was 95 years old and was considered, and still is, one the greatest French writers of the modern age. His many novels, memoirs, dairies, and books of reflection on saints and cities kept him in the public eye from his first novel at…
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Why Does the Media Hate the Church?
Deal W. Hudson Published March 31, 2010 It’s sad to watch the New York Times and the Washington Post, along with MSNBC, attack Benedict XVI. The story they concocted over the past few weeks, with the help of retired Bishop Rembert Weakland about Rev. Joseph Murphy, is risibly tenuous. These once-great newspapers trivialize themselves by…
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Catholic Advocate 2010
Obama Fails to Seize the Opportunity of His Big Night Deal W. Hudson January 28, 2010 President Obama gave his first State of the Union speech last night.With his popularity in a steady decline for the past six months, Obama needed his speech to rekindle the enthusiasm for his leadership that elected him in the…
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‘The Right Is Mean, and the Left Is Foul’
Deal W. Hudson Published April 2, 2009 The rising temperature of the debate over President Barack Obama’s scheduled visit to Notre Dame has created some heated rhetoric on both sides. Bishop Robert Lynch of St. Petersburg criticized Notre Dame’s decision but was himself criticized for complaining about the “uncivil and venomous” comments made by those…
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Canadian Priest Accuses Pro-Lifers of Hatred and Bullying
Deal W. Hudson Published September 14, 2009 One of Canada’s best-known priests, Rev. Thomas Rosica, CSB, has describedthe pro-life critics of the Kennedy funeral as “not agents of life, but of division, destruction, hatred, vitriol, judgment, and violence.” Father Rosica is CEO of a Catholic Canadian television network – Salt + Light, endorsed by the Canadian…
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Will the Church Split Along Red and Blue Lines?
Deal W. Hudson Published October 9, 2008 An Obama victory on November 4 is far from certain, but the momentum behind his campaign prompts me to wonder: What impact could an Obama administration have on the Catholic Church? The Bush victories in 2000 and 2004 brought a flood of commentary on the so-called red and…
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Public Lynching of the Priesthood
Deal W. Hudson Let me ask you a question: Do you really think that the media, and The Boston Globe in particular, are really interested in strengthening the Church? I think we all know the answer to that. It should be very clear from the coverage of this scandal that the real object of the…
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What Cradle Catholics Take for Granted
Deal W. Hudson Our Holy Father, John Paul II, has called us to participate in the new evangelization of the Catholic Church. These very personal remarks are offered in the spirit of that evangelism. Perhaps hearing from someone who discovered the Church for the first time as an adult will be helpful to those who…
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Columns & Articles, Crisis Magazine, 1996
Deal W. Hudson Sed Contra: The Whole Story January 1, 1996 During four years of college and seven of graduate school, most of it in philosophy and theology, I heard only one lecture on virtue — the virtue of art. Thus I consider it miraculous that the language of virtue has returned to public discourse.…
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Marion Montgomery’s Summa: A Journey through the American Mind
Deal W. Hudson Readers may already be familiar with the name Marion Montgomery. For many years his articles have appeared regularly in Modern Age, Hillsdale Review, This World, and Chronicles, and Crisis recently published his comment on “De-construction and Eric Voegelin” (June 1988). But the growth of Montgomery’s reputation has been spurred by the publication…
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