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Home: Core Subjects: Politics and Government: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Politics and Government: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Campaign 2012: Burke vs. Hobbes? - George WeigelThis is a contest, to take symbolic reference points, between Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) and Edmund Burke (1729-1797). Read more... Campaign for the Supreme Court: Prepared Remarks of Senator John Cornyn - Senator John CornynJudge Alito, I am very pleased to welcome you to the Committee. Read more... Can Democracy Survive Without Virtue? - Donald DeMarcoIf America is losing her affection for virtue -- particularly the subtle virtues needed for democracy such as selflessness, a desire for truth, a willingness to work, a keen sense of justice and fair play, respect for marriage and the family, and reverence for God -- she is losing hold of her own democratic ideal. Read more... Can Islam handle democracy? - Rev. Raymond de SouzaThe purple fingers are back. Smiling Iraqis are proudly showing off the symbol of their democracy. Read more... Can you commit a sin in the voting booth? - Fr. Frank PavoneI raise the question first of all because we are in an election year. Campaign 2004 is everywhere in the news, and it is only going to get more intense with every passing week. Read more... Capitalism: Only One Cheer - LEWIS E. LEHRMANIn America, we give three cheers to persons and things that earn our unrestrained approval: the American flag, the United States Marine Corps, Pope John Paul II. Read more... Catholic politicians and bishops - Most Rev. Raymond L. BurkeSome have accused me and other bishops of introducing division within the church and between the church and the political order of our country by our public declaration regarding the moral duty of Catholic politicians and their exclusion from Communion, in the case of their serious failure in carrying out their moral duty. I have often reflected upon these accusations, in examining my conscience regarding my action in the matter. Read more... Catholic Sources and the Declaration of Independence - REV. JOHN C. RAGER, S.T.D.The American Declaration of Independence, which is so admirable and dignified an expression of the American mind, is at the same time an accurate expression of the Catholic mind, medieval and modern. Read more... Catholics and Freedom - George WeigelThe Catholic bishops in America are raising issues of first principles – precisely the kind of issues that Father John Courtney Murray hoped the Catholic Church would help keep alive in American democracy. Read more... Change we can believe in - Father George W. RutlerTime and things in time change. Read more... Character still counts - Colleen Carroll CampbellHe was known in his native country as "the Great Seducer," a presidential frontrunner whose sexual peccadilloes routinely were winked at by the French press. Read more... China's Catholic Moment - Francesco SisciIt is not an exaggeration to say we are near a Constantinian moment for the Chinese Empire, as the government looks to Christianity -- particularly Catholicism -- for an instrument of social cohesion. Read more... Christianity Reflected In Two Historic Writings From Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - Eric BuehrerFebruary is Black History Month. Many schools will highlight the contributions and accomplishments of various African-Americans in history. This provides an excellent opportunity for students to also learn about the influence of Christianity on the Civil Rights Movement. For example, if students are to truly understand Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s activities for Civil Rights, they need to understand how Christianity influenced his thinking. Read more... Christianity's Transforming Spirit - Kim PaffenrothFor democracy and freedom to endure there must be some order and necessity, to use Plato's terms, in the citizens' lives. But such order and necessity are not intrinsic to democracy. As shown by the work of the Founders and Tocqueville, religion can fill this void in a democracy, guaranteeing freedom by forming and guiding it. Read more... Christians have a right to speak out - Cardinal George PellRecently, I was interviewed on radio about the role of religion in public life. The suggestion seemed to be that if you were irreligious, that was okay, that being secular meant you were fair and reasonable, but religious principles should not intrude into public affairs. Read more... Christians slam 'homophobia' resolution - Mary Jo AndersonThe European Parliament's recently passed resolution "Homophobia in Europe" has raised alarms among European pro-family groups, Christians and others who worry the measure is a move to cut off public debate over same-sex unions and force universal acceptance of the homosexual lifestyle. Read more... Churchill didn’t have an ‘exit strategy’ - Father Raymond J. de SouzaFive years is not so very long in the life of nations, but there is a sense that the attacks of Sept. 11 and their aftermath have been too long with us. Read more... Clarence Thomas' story is the real American Dream - Rod DreherEvery father should read this book to his son. Read more... Conscience and Its Enemies: Introduction - Robert P. GeorgeRobert P. George has been called "an indispensable man" (Touchstone), "one of the most incisive legal and moral thinkers working today" (First Things), "brilliant and learned" (Weekly Standard), and "this country's most influential conservative Christian thinker" (New York Times Magazine). His new book, Conscience and Its Enemies, shows why. The Catholic Education Resource Center is proud to offer the first excerpt from the book. Updated Read more... Constituting EU - David Warren“The black heart of Europe” — i.e. the European Union bureaucracy, has tied the continent together in a great stagnant mass, and presides over its accelerating slide into the trash heap of history. Read more... Corruption, Communism, and Catholicism in Vietnam - Samuel GreggThis year marks the 20th anniversary of Communism’s defeat in Central-East Europe. Read more... Courting the religious right - Father Raymond J. de SouzaWith the final presidential debate over, it now appears that Senator Barack Obama will simply run out the clock on Senator John McCain and win the presidential election. Read more... Courts shouldn't set church employees' benefits - Rev. Robert A. SiricoPeople of faith may no longer define their scope of activity in the culture. That was the message sent by the California Supreme Court on March 1 when it ruled that Catholic Charities must include access to contraception as part of employee health benefits. Read more... Crisis Magazine Editor Evaluates Bush’s Relations with U.S. Catholics - ZenitDeal Hudson on political incrementalism, the media and the scandals. Read more... Dangling Conversations - George WeigelPosing the moral questions facing the next American president. Read more... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 [>>] Related Categories:Pages Updated On: Thu Jun 13 2013 - 17:26:02
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