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Palestinian Christians Look Toward the Papal Visit
Deal W. Hudson Published April 9, 2009 Palestinian Christians are wondering aloud whether the upcoming visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the Holy Land will bring greater media attention to their dwindling numbers. They fear that, at the top, the pope’s agenda will be dominated by his continuing effort to smooth the ruffled feathers of…
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The Political Future of the Pro-Life Movement
Deal W. Hudson Published January 12, 2009 Five-hundred people were turned away from the “Pro-Life Summit to End Abortion”held by Dr. Monica M. Miller this past weekend in Ann Arbor, MI. Most of the 500 who did have tickets made it to St. Francis of Assisi Church in spite of the ten inches of snow…
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A Telling Vignette from a Chinese High School Classroom
Deal W. Hudson Published September 30, 2014 Last night I returned from a trip to China where I visited eight of its elite high schools and talked with the students about college education in the United States. In one class I raised the question of how it was possible that a Chinese students could be…
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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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Charity, Civility, and Speaking the Truth
Deal W. Hudson Published September 21, 2009 The funeral of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy provoked a highly charged debate among Catholics about civility. In the midst of this discussion, Archbishop Raymond L. Burke, the prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, came to Washington, D.C., to be honored by InsideCatholic.com at its…
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Newt Gingrich and the Pope
Deal W. Hudson Published September 28, 2009 When Newt Gingrich was received into the Church last March, the reactions were predictable. The former Speaker of the House was simultaneously welcomed, jeered, and cynically accused of positioning himself to run for president in 2012. When I spoke to him last Friday in his Washington, D.C., office,…
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Why Catholics Should Take a Position on the Hate-Crimes Bill
Deal W. Hudson Published October 15, 2009 Last Saturday night, President Barack Obama spoke to the nation’s leading homosexual-rights lobbying group, the Human Rights Campaign, in Washington, D.C. Among the several promises Obama made were “to repeal the so-called Defense of Marriage Act” and “to pass an inclusive hate crimes bill.” As I reported a…
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Abortion, Healthcare, and the President’s Priorities
Deal W. Hudson Published November 16, 2009 Two days after the Stupak-Pitts Amendment passed, President Barack Obama made a statement that appeared to accept a ban on abortion funding in health care reform. “I laid out a very simple principle, which is, this is a health care bill, not an abortion bill, and we’re not…
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The Wounded Irish Church
Deal W. Hudson Published December 3, 2009 The responsory at today’s Mass was especially appropriate: “The Lord is coming and will not delay; He will bring every hidden thing to light and reveal himself to every nation.” Sadness and anger pervades Ireland this first week of Advent. The release of the massive Murphy Report revealed…
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To Bart Stupak, On the Eve of Battle
Deal W. Hudson Published December 21, 2009 Dear Representative Stupak, Your statement on Saturday following the decision of Sen. Ben Nelson to support the Senate health-care bill was a great relief to millions of Catholics in this country. Your comment that “the Senate abortion language is not acceptable” provided moral and religious clarity at a…
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