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Catholics FOR Notre Dame! Better late than never…
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David Gibson
It is more than six weeks since Notre Dame extended an invitation to President Obama to deliver the commencement address, sparking outrage from conservatives. And that address is now just five days away. BUT…Notre Dame supporters are just now officially out of the gate with an organization and website to muster support! (Explain again how liberals won the…
Ave Maria Town: Roman Catholic and…un-American?
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David Gibson
Ave Maria Town in southern Florida is the newly-constructed enclave of pure-land Catholicism founded and funded by former pizza magnate Tom Monaghan, and it has drawn its fair share of criticism since construction began in 2005. Even many conservatives are uneasy with the throwback Catholicism that Mongahan wants to recreate in a soup-to-nuts, town-and-gown town…
Obama’s speech at Notre Dame: A sneak preview
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David Gibson
By great good fortune, or the designs of Providence, the text of President Obama’s commencement address this coming Sunday at Notre Dame has fallen into my hands. It is a powerful exposition of Obama’s approach to the most controverted aspect–for some Catholics–of his appearance at Notre Dame and his presidency: namely, abortion. Here’s the top:…
Forgive trespasses? Alan Keyes and 21 others arrested at Notre Dame
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David Gibson
The perennial fringe candidate of the Republican right, Alan Keyes, was arrested today along with 21 others who entered campus to protest Barack Obama’s commencement invitation and refused to leave. As Chicago Breakng News reports: Keyes was among a group of 26 protesters, some of them pushing baby carriages with dolls covered in fake blood, who…
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