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Home: Core Subjects: Politics and Government: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Politics and Government: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Reaffirming Catholic Identity - George WeigelThroughout his recently completed three-year term as president of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Cardinal Francis George, OMI, gently but firmly led his brother bishops through a reflection on their duties as defenders of the integrity of the Catholic "brand." Read more... Rebutting the 'Catholic but…' - Bishop Thomas J. OlmstedNow is the time to rebut the “Catholic but…” It is the time to say “Yes” when we mean “Yes,” and to say “No” when we mean “No.” Read more... Reflections on the Inaugural Address - Yuval LevinI watched today's speech from the Capitol lawn, with a million or so shivering fellow citizens. Read more... Religion in the public square - Father Raymond J. de SouzaThanks to Iceland's volcano, I was stranded here in Rome for a few extra days. Read more... Religion, Rhetoric, and the Presidency - Michael GersonWe couldn’t think of anyone better in the country to talk about religion and the presidency than the president’s own speechwriter. As many of you know, Michael Gerson has received high praise from people across the political spectrum for his speechwriting. We are delighted in light of his very busy schedule that he could join us today and talk to us about this topic. Thank you, Michael. Read more... Religious Freedom in America - Roger ScrutonWhen James Madison agitated to make religious freedom fundamental to the United States Constitution, it was not from hostility to religion. It was from hostility to established religion, with its presumption of an authority in worldly affairs that only an elected government should exercise. Read more... Religious voices belong in the public square - Father Raymond De SouzaThe debate over homosexual unions has shed light on the current state of religious liberty in Canada. The news is not good, as the totalitarian impulse to silence religious voices has emerged. Read more... Rendering Unto Caesar: The Catholic Political Vocation - Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.The following lecture was delivered on Monday evening, February 23, 2009, to a standing-room only audience in St. Basil’s Collegiate Church on the campus of the University of Toronto. Read more... Ringing a Bell for Liberty - The Most Reverend Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap."The Constitution is a great achievement in ordered liberty. But it's just another elegant scrap of paper unless people keep it alive with their convictions and lived witness." Read more... Rites and Wrongs - Philip F. LawlerWhy John Kerry should not take communion. Read more... Ruth Kelly, Myth-Breaker - George WeigelLate last year, when Italian philosopher and cabinet minister Rocco Buttiglione was denied the post of European Minister of Justice because his convictions on sexual ethics and marriage were unacceptable to a gaggle of libertine Euro-parliamentarians, there was a certain plausibility to the whole exercise. Read more... Saint Pontius - Father Raymond J. de SouzaYes, Pilate had given the order, but he had washed his hands of it. He was clearly personally opposed to the crucifixion. Politics just demanded that he not impose that view on a crowd which had other ideas. Read more... Same old same old in the U.S. - Father Raymond J. de SouzaFor a nation facing an array of serious questions, it was an unserious campaign. Read more... Sarkozy and European Secularism - Charles ColsonFrench President Nicholas Sarkozy is an unlikely scourge of European secularism: He is on his third marriage and has been called the “playboy president” by his critics. Read more... Selling a calling for a mess of pottage - Father Raymond J. de SouzaA federal byelection is not usually cause for bewilderment in Catholic circles, but last week that was exactly the situation in the Montreal suburban riding of Repentigny. Read more... Senator Santorum on Being Catholic and a Politician - ZenitSome politicians say their function is to represent the views of their electors, and therefore, that they are not able to obey the Vatican or Catholic doctrine. Is this just an excuse, or is there a real conflict here? Read more... Separate, not silent, church - William GoodwinCatholics with an intellectual faith can and should use their religious beliefs to inform their practical decision making. Read more... Settled Doctrine - Father James V. Schall, S.J.The term "settled doctrine” comes up among Catholic and other supporters of Obama or over controversies about selecting judges. Read more... Social Leveling: Socialism and Secularism - Hunter BakerHunter Baker explains why utopian schemes or social leveling are dangerous to religious believers and warns us to "oppose it as it returns with ever softer and friendlier faces". Read more... Some Cold War Truths - George WeigelOn Christmas Day, 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev transferred the Soviet nuclear codes to Boris Yeltsin, called President George H.W. Bush to wish him a happy Christmas, and picked up a pen, intending to sign the document that would dissolve the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, created by Lenin seventy-four years before. Read more... Statesmanship and its Betrayal - Mark HelprinDoes the private character of a political leader really matter? Read more... Subject to the Governor of the Universe: The American Experience and Global Religious Liberty - Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.A friend once said – I think shrewdly – that if people want to understand the United States, they need to read two documents. Neither one is the Declaration of Independence. Neither one is the Constitution. Read more... Tea Party Must Define Ideas - Father Robert A. SiricoAnd so we come to what may be the real deficiency of this popular movement – it has yet to define a set of clear principles that permit it to consistently outline its view of society and the proper role of the state. Read more... The Alternative to God - Father James V. Schall, S.J.That the greatest enemy of the First Great Commandment is the Second Great Commandment seems paradoxical. Yet this divergence lies at the bottom of most civil controversy. Read more... The Americans - Gordon SinclairOn June 5 1973 popular Canadian journalist Gordon Sinclair decided he’d had enough of anti-American criticism that was everywhere at the time and dashed off a two-page editorial defending the USA against its many critics. That piece of caustic journalism has had a life of its own ever since and seems only to grow in stature with time. In light of the recent events, Sinclair’s editorial has been once more making the rounds on the internet. Gordon Sinclair died in 1984, but he will long be remembered as a great friend of America. His article gave voice to a sentiment shared by millions around the world today. God Bless America. Read more... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 [>>] Related Categories:Pages Updated On: Thu Jun 13 2013 - 17:26:03
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