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Friday, May 9th, 2008Just a little while ago, I picked up my copy of The Leaven, the newspaper for the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas, and went straight to Archbishop Joseph Naumann’s column, which dealt with the issue of giving Holy Communion to our pro-abortion Catholic governor, Kathleen Sebelius. It is in some sense “hard-hitting,” and necessarily [...]
Adopting a Pro-Life Attitude
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008As an adoptive father, I really appreciated this story: In the late 1980s, a woman from Chicago gave birth to twin boys and placed them in adoptive homes. One of them went to a family in Egypt and was named Ahmal. The other went to a family in Spain and was named Juan. Years later, Juan sent a picture of himself to [...]
Hillary-ous Discussion
Monday, May 5th, 2008A friend just forwarded to me an article by Melinda Henneberger entitled, “Hillary for Mother Superior: Why Catholics Prefer Clinton to Obama.” Henneberger begins the piece by mentioning that her Catholic friends tend to favor Obama, noting that “there is a lot for Catholics to like in Obama’s early opposition to the war, attention to social [...]
More on Catholic Voters and Communicants
Monday, April 14th, 2008Today’s post is my response to a gentleman who sent me six questions via a handwritten note last fall as the 2008 campaign began to heat up. The questions should be obvious from the responses themselves. Your first point isn’t really a question, but rather you simply note that you agree with the first part [...]
And You Call Yourself a Catholic
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008During “election season” we receive many many questions in our Catholic Responses department on Catholics’ participation in the political sphere. These questions most frequently involve abortion. Last week, for example, one CUF emailed this seemingly simple question: “Can you call yourself a Catholic if you are pro-choice?” Here is the response I sent: Those who [...]
An Irresponsible Endorsement
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008When I read that Catholic constitutional law scholar Douglas Kmiec recently endorsed Barack Obama for president, I immediately thought of one of my favorite lawyer jokes: Question: How can you tell that a lawyer is lying? Answer: His lips are moving. I’m certainly not calling Professor Kmiec a liar, but this usually reputable Catholic scholar does stand on shaky ground whenever he moves his [...]
Go Monks!
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008In recent years, Belmont Abbey College in the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina has been a notable bright spot on the Catholic higher education landscape in the United States. Much of the credit for the institution’s resurgence rightly goes to its dynamic, new president, Dr. William Thierfelder, as well as the community of Benedictine monks [...]
The Barack-ing Point?
Friday, February 29th, 2008The other day Tim Staples emailed me an article regarding Barack Obama’s address this past summer to the Planned Parenthood Action Fund. In his speech, Senator Obama attacked the Supreme Court decision that upheld the federal partial-birth abortion law, as well as the nomination of Supreme Court justices who favor overturning Roe v. Wade. In the [...]
CUF Marches for Life!
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008CUF headquarters sent a small squad of prayer warriors to the Mall in Washington, D.C. to stand up for the unborn. For continuous coverage of the 2008 March for Life, go to EWTN.
A Message to College Students
Sunday, January 20th, 2008I originally wrote this for my oldest daughter and one of my nephews a few years ago. I reprint it here as an encouragement to today’s youth as this week we mark yet another anniversary of the tragic Roe v. Wade decision. You are survivors. Millions–and I mean millions–of your peers have been legally slaughtered, [...]
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