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Publisher’s Note
October 5-11, 2008 Issue
Section A in each issue of the Register is our news
and commentary section.
We
bring you news about the nation, the Vatican, the world and education. We also
have our commentary and opinion sections, where you hear from columnists, our
editors and readers. Section B is our family-friendly... READ MORE
Voter Traps
BY the Editors
October 5-11, 2008 Issue
Religious
people can fall into two fundamental mistakes when it comes to elections. The
first: Putting too much hope in politics. This has been a problem since the
dawn of Christianity, when two disciples walked away from Jerusalem
disappointed by Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection because... READ MORE
Letters September 28, 2008
September 28-October 4, 2008 Issue
The School Debate
I would just like to comment on
“What’s in a Child?” (Aug. 31), regarding the value of children and home
schooling. I am in full support of the home-schooling movement (having
home-schooled up to five children at a time myself). I love my children and
enjoy just spending... READ MORE
Joseph and the Technicolor Jumbotron
BY The Editors
September 28-October 4, 2008 Issue
Mid-September
2008 on Wall Street was like late August 2005
on Bourbon Street. Locals watched the calamitous floods sweep away institutions
and destroy jobs while they helplessly wondered: Will the levees hold? The
government made sure to provide reinforcements in both cases.
Both
the market... READ MORE
What the Register Is
BY Father Owen Kearns, LC
September 28-October 4, 2008 Issue
At the end of each of our online
articles is a brief description of the newspaper.
“Insightful. Informative.
Uncompromisingly faithful,” it says. “The National Catholic Register is more
than a newspaper. It’s a cause.”
I like that description. Journalists
like to cloak themselves in the... READ MORE
Letters Sept 21-27, 2008
September 21-27, 2008 Issue
Adoption Advocacy
I was very disappointed to read “It
Is in Love That We Are Made” by Melinda Selmys (Sept. 7). As the privileged
mother of four children who have joined our family through adoption, I was
actually shocked to see the article in a Catholic paper.
Selmys wrote: “This is why... READ MORE
McCain and Obama on ‘Catholic’ Issues
BY The Editors
September 21-27, 2008 Issue
Last week, we
reminded readers what the candidates actually said at the conventions about
issues of importance to Catholics. This week, as promised, we want to remind
readers how the candidates have voted on those issues.
Abortion
Pope
Benedict XVI recently summed up the Church’s teaching:... READ MORE
Web Plans
BY Father Owen Kearns, LC
September 21-27, 2008 Issue
FaithandFamilyLIVE.com, the new website for our sister publication, Faith
& Family, has been so popular we decided to apply some of the lessons we
learned to the Register’s website. Soon, visitors to NCRegister.com will see a
few additions. First, we will provide more breaking news in a blog... READ MORE
Letters September 14-20, 2008
September 14-20, 2008 Issue
Palin Pick
As a proud mother of four, I just
wanted to thank you for the opinion piece on Gov. Sarah Palin that you ran a
few months ago (“2 Ways of Seeing Babies,” May 25).
It inspired me to call the McCain
campaign in Virginia a few weeks ago and suggest that Palin was a strong
candidate for... READ MORE
What They Said
BY The Editors
September 14-20, 2008 Issue
The two
parties have finished their conventions, which, for the first time in a long
time, were held back-to-back. The Register sent correspondents to both. They
pointed out some differences that the public didn’t see:
The Democrats drew thousands of
peaceful pro-life protesters led by Catholic... READ MORE
Benedict at Lourdes
BY Father Owen Kearns, LC
September 14-20, 2008 Issue
Several months ago, I asked readers to help us build
a special website, the Pope2008.com blog, to cover this extraordinary year in
papal events. We received an overwhelming response and were able to cover papal
events very well, from Washington, D.C., to Sydney, Australia.
The
last major papal... READ MORE
Letters September 7, 2008
September 7-13, 2008 Issue
Shakespeare's Catholic Stamp
Thank
you for publishing the article by Father Kramarz on a new book that makes the
case for a Catholic Shakespeare (“The Historical Shakespeare,” June 22). Recent
biographical scholarship has strengthened the claim that Shakespeare “was an
underground... READ MORE
Palin Refused to Choose
BY The Editors
September 7-13, 2008 Issue
If Feminists for Life’s cachet seemed to rise when
President Bush appointed U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts, it has risen even
higher now. Roberts’ wife, Jane Sullivan Roberts, is counsel to the
organization and a former vice president of it. But Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin —
Sen. John McCain’s... READ MORE
Seven Years Later
BY Father Owen Kearns, LC
September 7-13, 2008 Issue
Sept. 11 has
become a significant date on the country’s calendar as each year we remember
the terrorist attacks on U.S. soil that killed so many Americans.
But
it should also be a significant date on Catholics’ calendars. That was the day
479 rescue workers — mostly Catholics — died in... READ MORE
Letters August 31, 2008
August 31- September 6, 2008 Issue
Offended by Obama
I
write to express my commendation of Archbishop Chaput’s courage in withstanding
the deception of the group calling itself Roman Catholics for Obama
(“Archbishop Challenges ‘Roman Catholics for Obama,’” June 8). In spite of
their protests to the contrary, the... READ MORE
Joe Biden and Communion
BY The Editors
August 31- September 6, 2008 Issue
The good
news: Barack Obama’s vice presidential candidate will be Sen. Joe Biden of
Delaware, a Catholic who says he accepts the Church’s teaching on abortion and
struggles with his conscience over abortion votes. But the bad news renders
that good news bad: Biden’s conscience struggle tends... READ MORE
Church Wisdom
BY Father Owen Kearns, LC
August 31- September 6, 2008 Issue
In
the 1970s, reporters knew that the Church was opposed to contraception and
abortion. So they figured the Church would love in vitro fertilization. After
all, it means more babies.
They were startled, and a little
exasperated, to learn that no, the Church opposes this, too.
Celeste McGovern’s... READ MORE
Letters 08.24.2008
August 24-30, 2008 Issue
True Beauty
I am writing to express my agreement
with Tom and Caroline McDonald’s advice to the couple whose child faced
reconstructive surgery or a life of disfigurement (“Cosmetic or
Reconstructive?” Aug. 10). I cannot imagine how painful it must be to face the
decision those parents face... READ MORE
Platform Games
August 24-30, 2008 Issue
The
Democratic Party is busy digging itself into a hole that will be difficult to
climb out of. The party’s official platform has always called for American
taxpayers to fund abortion along the lines laid out in Roe v. Wade. In other
words, the party wants money withheld from your paycheck... READ MORE
Vocation Springtime
BY Father Owen Kearns, LC
August 24-30, 2008 Issue
Tim Drake’s
no longer in Sydney, but this week we run the last story he filed from there
World Youth Day.
It’s about vocations, and it reminds
me of the marvelous interview he did in our original coverage. He spoke with
Alfio Stuto who played Jesus in the Stations of the Cross.
“The Spirit... READ MORE
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