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A Memo to the Obama Campaign
Deal W. Hudson March 27, 2008 I am writing this unsolicited memo to help the Obama campaign understand the Catholic vote. It has been the practice of Democratic presidential candidates, including former Vice President Al Gore and Sen. John Kerry, to enlist the help of well-known Catholic dissenters as advisers to their campaigns (no need…
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Meeting Reverend John Hagee
Deal W. Hudson March 31, 2008 Rev. John Hagee, the pastor of a San Antonio mega-church, has been a major Evangelical figure for many years. But since his endorsement of Sen. John McCain for president, the name Reverend Hagee has become synonymous with anti-Catholicism. A few days ago I met with Hagee and his wife,…
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Catholics Organize to Elect Barack Obama
Deal W. Hudson April 2, 2008 ► Note: This column has been corrected, 7:30pm, Thursday, April 3, 2008. See letter following this column. Lately, there’s been much talk about the endorsements for Sen. Barack Obama made by two Catholic leaders: Republican pro-life jurist Doug Kmiec and Democratic pro-life Senator Bob Casey Jr.of Pennsylvania. But these…
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Can Obama Use Iraq to Win the Catholic Vote?
Deal W. Hudson April 8, 2008 ► This column was updated with Maryknoll’s response at 4:45pm, April 9, 2008. Their letter follows the original piece. An editorial in the Jesuit’s America magazine recently predicted that Sen. Barack Obama will profit by the upcoming visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the United States. The moment the Holy Father denounces the…
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Institutionalized Dissent Greets the Holy Father
Deal W. Hudson April 10, 2008 Pope Benedict XVI will arrive in the United States next week. It’s predictable that various Catholic groups will use the occasion to gain visibility for their cause. Such is the case with Voice of the Faithful, whose full-page ad in the April 8 New York Times begins with “On behalf of all Catholics who…
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Who Are Obama’s Catholic Supporters?
Deal W. Hudson April 15, 2008 Last Friday, the presidential campaign of Sen. Barack Obama released the names on its Catholic National Advisory Council. The list contains three governors, six senators, and 16 House members, for a total of 25 elected officials. Twenty-two of the 25 is solidly pro-abortion politicians. Five senators and 13 House members…
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Birthday at the White House
Deal W. Hudson April 17, 2008 It was the biggest event in the history of the White House, with over 13,000 people forming a line that snaked for over a quarter of a mile down 15th Street and onto Constitution Avenue. Benedict XVI was in town, and President George W. Bush was giving him his…
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The Face of Pope Benedict XVI
Deal W. Hudson April 21, 2008 His Holiness came to America known as the “enforcer” of Catholic doctrine. He left America as the face of the Church, the face of peace. Benedict XVI arrived in the midst of swirling controversies, but in addressing them, he raised our hearts and minds to the place where all…
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Why Are the Christians Leaving the Holy Land?
Deal W. Hudson April 28, 2008 Catholics in the United States have been slow to grasp the problems facing Christians living in the Holy Land. Many Catholics don’t even know they are there, or that they are Arab Christians. Most Americans equate Arabs with Muslims, in spite of the fact that Arabs were Christians long before they…
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Catholics Come Home
Deal W. Hudson May 5, 2008 One out of every ten Americans is a lapsed Catholic, according to the Pew Forum’s recently released “U.S. Religious Landscape Survey.” Though the Pew statistics could be disputed, the survey confirmed what any observer of the Church knows: Many cradle Catholics leave the Church never to return. In response to…
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