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Home: Core Subjects: Politics and Government: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Politics and Government: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Hear, Hear - Peggy NoonanAmericans should not fear talking—and listening—to those whose views we loathe. Read more... He’s Got Guts - Peggy NoonanWe all complain, and with justice, about the falseness of much that is said in Washington, and the cowardice that leaves a great deal unsaid. But I found myself impressed and grateful for the words of Chuck Hagel, the Republican senator from Nebraska, in a meeting of the Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday. Read more... Holy Rights - Vincent Phillip MuńozThe split on the Court reflects deep differences in jurisprudential philosophy, contrary understandings of the judiciary's role, and competing assessments of the potential harmfulness of religion. Read more... Hope and its Daughters - Most Reverend Charles J. ChaputI grew up in Concordia, Kansas. It's a typical small farming community of less than 7,000 people. But in those days Concordia was also the hometown of Senator Frank Carlson, who was a major player in Congress. So it wasn't unusual for people in Concordia to think they had something important to say about government affairs and life in Washington, DC. Read more... Hope in God - Father Brian Mullady, OPThere are those who despair and have no hope when things do not go their way in the political order. This cannot be a Christian attitude. Read more... How Jefferson Honored Religion - Rev. Joseph KoterskiThe famous appeal to “Nature’s God” in the Declaration of Independence augurs well for religious believers, but a note of caution is needed as well Read more... How to End Terrorism - Daniel PipesAn effective counterterrorism strategy must focus on the fact that terrorism by Muslims in the name of Islam presents the strategic threat today to civilized peoples, whether Muslim or non-Muslim. Read more... Ignoring Europe's foundations - Rev. Raymond de SousaThe death rattles of the European Union's constitution have produced much fretting over the future of Europe. Yet the future is in doubt precisely because so much of the past has been forgotten. Read more... Imagining a new future in the Holy Land - Father David Neuhaus, SJAs we begin to reflect on the visit of Benedict XVI to the Holy Land, a first act must be that of thanksgiving. Read more... In Defense of Certainty - Charles KrauthammerIt's trendy to be suspicious of people with "deeply held views." And it's wrong. Read more... In Turkey, the Pope built bridges without backing down - Fr. Richard John NeuhausWhat was Pope Benedict doing in Turkey, and was the trip a success? Read more... Is America a Christian Nation? - Carl PearlstonIs America a Christian nation? The answer is both yes and no, depending on what one means by the phrase. Read more... Is Bush Too Christian? Or Not Enough? - ZenitThe United States is governed by a dangerous religious fanatic. That's how many opinion writers, domestic and foreign, are describing President George W. Bush. Read more... Is There Only Secular Democracy? - Cardinal George PellThe recrudescence of intolerant religion is not a problem that secular democracy can resolve, but rather a problem that it tends to engender. Democratic personalism provides another, better possibility. Read more... Islam and the Closing of the Secular Mind - Samuel GreggOne of the West's greatest impediments in its struggle against religious extremism may well the fact that the secular part of its soul turns out to be far less enlightened than anyone imagined possible. Read more... It's a matter of honesty: to receive Communion, we need to be in communion - Archbishop Charles ChaputIf we claim to be Catholic, we need to act like it — all the way, all the time, without excuses. Read more... JFK and the 'religious question' - Fr. Raymond DeSouzaForty years after the sad events in Dallas, it is clear that a key part of John F. Kennedy's legacy is the cleavage he opened between faith and public life. Read more... John Locke (1632–1704) - Acton Institute“The care of souls cannot belong to the civil magistrate, because his power consists only in outward force; but true and saving religion consists in the inward persuasion of the mind, without which nothing can be acceptable to God.” Read more... June 1979—The Nine Days of John Paul II - George WeigelAmerica's premier Cold War historian, John Lewis Gaddis of Yale, is not ambiguous in his judgment that "When John Paul II kissed the ground at the Warsaw airport on June 2, 1979, he began the process by which communism in Poland -- and ultimately everywhere -- would come to an end." Read more... Keep it in perspective - Father Raymond J. de SouzaAmericans are very proud of themselves -- and why not? A black man in the Oval Office is a very big thing. Read more... Keeping the Faith: Religion, Freedom, and International Affairs - Paul MarshallThe habit of ignoring the factor of religion in human life and international affairs is all too common in the West. Read more... Laity on the Line - Leon J. Suprenant Jr.Tragically, at every level of the Church's life there are those who do not believe what the Church believes, who do not strive to live in conformity with basic Christian morality, and who in fact have agendas that undermine the Church's efforts to evangelize. This can be a particular challenge when those in authority in the local Church seem to be part of the problem. What is the laity to do under those circumstances? Read more... Laws are morality - Father Raymond J. de SouzaIf we deny that moral thought has a role in government, we are left with only the cold calculus of utilitarianism, or simple power politics, to guide our decisions. Read more... Leading His Flock - Robert P. George & Gerard V. BradleyAny Catholic who exercises political power to expose a disfavored class of human beings to unjust killing sets himself against the very faith he claims to share. The Church cannot permit such a person to pretend to share in the faith he publicly defies. By receiving communion — the sacrament of unity — pro-abortion Catholics are pretending exactly that. Arbishop Raymond Burke of St. Louis has called a halt to the pretense. Read more... Let Catholic Charities Be Catholic - Father Thomas D. Williams, LC.Such fuss is being made over Boston’s Catholic Charities’ refusal to place children with same-sex couples in its adoption services. The political agenda behind the garment-rending and name-calling should have more than Catholics up in arms. Read more... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 [>>] Related Categories:Pages Updated On: Fri Apr 19 2013 - 18:48:33
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