First Principles

BY The Editors

October 18-24, 2009 Issue

Sometimes, when our minds get lost in the ins and outs of a complicated debate, it’s good to stop and ask a basic question: Why?

Why did we get into this argument in the first place?

That’s what we need to do now, with a health-care reform bill coalescing in Congress. What is wrong with the... READ MORE

Letters 10.11.2009

October 11-17, 2009 Issue

Postmodern Obstacles

I can hardly believe I am reading what has happened to me for the past 20 years.

Melinda Selmys has her finger on the pulse of exactly the daily obstacles we face in regard to our faith (“The Center Cannot Hold,” Sept. 20).

I am a writer/actress, and my sister is the... READ MORE

Words to Live By

BY The Editors

October 11-17, 2009 Issue

Pope Benedict XVI in the Czech Republic said the kinds of things one would expect a pope to say on a pastoral visit.

We might be tempted to take it for granted and ignore it. This was a visit to a somewhat out-of-the-way European nation, right? Not to the U.S. How does it concern us?

Plenty.

On... READ MORE

Lights, Camera, Action!

BY Father Owen Kearns, LC

October 11-17, 2009 Issue

Remember the upcoming video I mentioned two issues back — the one of me asking for fundraising help to be posted on our website, NCRegister.com? Well, it’s not upcoming anymore. It’s up and running.

I’m mentioning it again not just to urge you to take a look (and, of course, consider making... READ MORE

Letters 10.04.09

October 4-10, 2009 Issue

All for Catholic Care

With all the discussion regarding national health care (“Health-Care Battle Is Shaping Up,” Aug. 23), it is important that we ensure certain ethics are in place.

First of all, taxpayer money should not be used to fund abortions (in or outside our country); in our... READ MORE

In Defense of Marriage

BY The Editors

October 4-10, 2009 Issue

Why is the Catholic Church so insistent that the institution of marriage can only occur between one man and one woman? Because the Church proclaims the truth about the greatness of human beings. And it’s because of this truth of our human greatness that the Church affirms that nothing less than... READ MORE

Hail, Our Hope

BY Father Owen Kearns, LC

October 4-10, 2009 Issue

Stories in the Register detail troubling threats to life and liberty by a government that is supposed to protect them. The hope that so energized voters last fall has, for the majority, turned to disappointment. For many, it is turning to alarm.

There is a hope that does not disappoint. As... READ MORE

Letters 09.27.2009

September 27-October 3, 2009 Issue

Mourning the Murdered

Relevant to “Pro-Life Advocate Shot in Michigan” (Daily Blog, Sept. 11):

Friday, Sept. 11, 2009, was a very tragic day for Owosso and for Shiawassee County, Mich. On behalf of St. Paul Church, Owosso, I wish to convey my deepest sympathy and prayers to the family and... READ MORE

Needed: Both Lungs

BY The Editors

September 27-October 3, 2009 Issue

A leading figure in the Catholic Church in Russia made a startling statement in recent weeks.

In an interview with the Italian daily Corriere della Sera Sept. 14, Archbishop Paolo Pezzi of Moscow said that unity between the long-separated Catholic and Orthodox Churches could be accomplished in the... READ MORE

So Long, Comfort Zone

BY Father Owen Kearns, LC

September 27-October 3, 2009 Issue

When the going gets tough, the determined step out of their comfort zones and try new things. I’m determined to do all I can to help the Register through the rough financial patch it’s in, so look for me on NCRegister.com doing something well outside my comfort zone: appealing directly to... READ MORE

Letters 09.20.2009

September 20-26, 2009 Issue

Kennedy, Good and Bad

Regarding “Edward Kennedy’s Catholic Legacy: America’s Culture Wars” (Sept. 6):

Sen. Kennedy’s eminently privileged life was dedicated to serving the underprivileged. He skipped the first stone that had a ripple effect upon many of his Catholic colleagues’... READ MORE

Back to School and ‘We Cannot Live Without Sunday’

BY The Editors

September 20-26, 2009 Issue

Back to School

Some folks are naturally wary when a new teacher comes into class to speak to their children. That was certainly the case when President Obama announced he would speak to the nation’s school children. Conservatives cautioned that the back-to-school speech would constitute... READ MORE

Campus Catholicity Counts

BY Father Owen Kearns, LC

September 20-26, 2009 Issue

Each year, together with our sister publication, Faith & Family magazine, the Register invites Catholic colleges and universities to participate in Circle Media’s Catholic Identity College Guide.

The results — which we publish in both print publications, plus online at NCRegister.com... READ MORE

Letters 09.06.09

September 6-12, 2009 Issue

Health-Care Factions

You are correct that we cannot achieve a good health-care system without the proper goal/vision (“Benedict on Health Care,” Aug. 9). I think many have long forgotten that the modern health-care system started with Christ’s command to “heal the sick” by dedicated... READ MORE

Letters 09.13.09

September 13-19, 2009 Issue

Lives in the Balance 

We commend the National Catholic Register and Paul Kengor for quite correctly pointing out that George W. Bush deserves full credit for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (“Bush Quietly Saved a Million African Lives,” Aug. 9). Better known as Pepfar,... READ MORE

Revolt!

BY Father Owen Kearns, LC

September 13-19, 2009 Issue

There was a time when the word counterculture called to mind images of scruffy hippies, outlaw bikers and other conspicuous nonconformists going about the highways and byways of America doing their “own thing.” These groups varied in their particular interests, causes and activities, but they... READ MORE

Bishops Offer Principles

BY The Editors

September 13-19, 2009 Issue

The U.S. bishops stand strongly in support of the principle of health-care reform.

And equally strongly, they reject any reform initiative that would involve taxpayer funding of abortion.

The Register’s coverage of the health-care reform debate so far has focused primarily on the second aspect of... READ MORE

A Tale of Two Kennedys

BY The Editors

September 6-12, 2009 Issue

God rest his soul.

That is the Catholic and charitable thing to say in response to the news of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy’s death.

Kennedy died Aug. 25, a little over a year after being diagnosed with brain cancer. His death brought forth encomiums from people high and low, nostalgic looks back at... READ MORE

‘Opporthreats’

BY Father Owen Kearns, LC

September 6-12, 2009 Issue

Business gurus have coined the word “opporthreat” to describe a change that could go either way: a threat or an opportunity. The Register was presented with an opporthreat a few weeks ago when our longtime executive editor, Tom Hoopes, told me he’d accepted a position with Benedictine College... READ MORE

Health Care at Both Ends

BY Editorial

August 23-September 5, 2009 Issue

Proponents of the health-care reform bill now moving through Congress try to assure critics that neither abortion nor euthanasia are part of it.

There was a crack in that wall Aug. 10 when a Democratic congresswoman from California admitted that abortion will be part of the... READ MORE

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