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Obama supporters: Russell Shaw wants an apology
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David Gibson
Our Sunday Visitor’s Russell Shaw, a longtime conservative Catholic journalist and observer–and often trenchant critic–of the American scene says Obama supporters should apologize for saying Catholics could support Obama because the president has, and will, do nothing but expand abortion, Shaw writes: “Dialogue? So far as is known, Mr. Obama has had one half-hour meeting…
Notre Dame “reparation” Mass: Bishop Wenski explains
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David Gibson
The Mass of Reparation for sins against the culture of life, and specifically for the Notre Dame invite to Barack Obama, took place Sunday evening at the Cathedral of St. James in Orlando. [NB: I had the date wrong in earlier version here–thanks to CWNews for reminder, and commenter Jerry below.] When the news broke, the theology…
Pope in the Holy Land: “Keep your head down–in prayer”
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David Gibson
That’s my walkaway in this scene-setter for Benedict’s trip to Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian territories, which is being recognized as the most difficult and risky of his pontificate–not least because of some of the baggage he himself will bring. I break my analysis at PoliticsDaily.com into three degrees of difficulty: The religious, the political,…
Scottish Cardinal on the uses of controversy
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David Gibson
Cardinal Keith O’Brien has always had a knack for making headlines, and he recently explained why he likes to use “colourful imagery” in pronouncements on issues such as abortion and stem-cell research, as he has done lately: “Churchmen have been speaking out against things which they feel are immoral for years but nobody pays a blind bit of…
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