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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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