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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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A Texas Archbishop Slaps Down “Catholics” for Choice!
Deal W. Hudson September 13, 2016 Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller, M.Sp.S. of San Antonio has shown the kind of leadership so badly needed in this election season. When the oxymoronic Catholics of Choice published an advertisement in the San Antonio newspaper (September 12), Archbishop Garcia-Siller answered with the following broadside. This statement has the ring of a…
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A Bishop Who Proclaims Life Really Matters In the Coming Election
Deal W. Hudson September 14, 2016 Bishop Joseph E. Strickland of Tyler, TX writes on “The Absurdity of Catholics for Choice” (September 13, 2016). You gotta love that title who meaning is crystal clear and allows for zero spins. Not a single sentence in the text of the Bishop’s statement can be spun, especially this…
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Some Bishops Deceive Catholic Voters on Clinton and Trump Abortion Views (Corrected)
Deal W. Hudson September 20, 2016 Yesterday, I stated that the document, “Know the Positions of the Presidential Candidates,” was a product of the USCCB. Today I received a message, friendly, from someone I know at the USCCB who told me the document did not originate with the USCCB, and that the “State Catholic conferences act…
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Catholics and the 2016 Election — We’ve Hit Rock Bottom
Deal W. Hudson September 23, 2016 I never thought that since I became a Catholic thirty-two years ago that I would watch our Church stand by in complicit silence while an aggressive pro-abort, Hillary Clinton, runs for the presidency. Yes, there have been exceptions, and some of them can be found in the articles listed…
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Forget ‘Faithful Citizenship’ – What Would Saint Mother Teresa Do?
Deal W. Hudson October 1, 2016 Once upon a time some Catholics who have heard all their lives that abortion is an intrinsic evil and must be opposed took a look at Clinton and Kaine ticket and thought, “There’s no way I can vote for them. They’re both abortion extremists.” They looked at the Trump/Pence…
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To Vote Your Conscience Starts ‘In the Beginning’
Deal W. Hudson October 4, 2016 As I have watched the spectacle of our Church virtually ignoring the threat of a pro-abortion Clinton/Kaine administration, I started examining my own conscience. I asked myself two questions: Why am I so certain of voting for Trump/Pence? And, what does that have to do with my being Catholic? My impulse…
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