Faithful Catholics and Obama
Posted by Tom McFeely
Monday, May 04, 2009 12:55 PM
A new Gallup Poll has found that an average of 67% of Catholics have been supportive of President Barack Obama during the first 100 days of his presidency.
No surprise there: This is the honeymoon phase of the Obama pesidency, during which most Americans of all religions — and of none — have been generally supportive.
But what about Catholics who take their faith seriously enough to attend... READ MORE
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Repenting an Obama Vote
Posted by Tom McFeely
Monday, December 01, 2008 9:06 AM
Father Joseph Illo
Another pastor has recommended that some Catholics who voted for President-elect Barack Obama should go to confession before receiving Communion.
In a homily to parishioners and in a follow-up letter, Father Joseph Illo, pastor of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Modesto, Calif., suggested that voting for pro-abortion politicians with a clear understanding of their pro-abortion stance constitutes... READ MORE
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Voting and Communion Update
Posted by Tom McFeely
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 9:43 AM
Father Dwight Longenecker
Looking for more information, from a reliable source, about Father Jay Scott Newman’s comments that parishioners who voted for Barack Obama needed to repent before receiving Communion?
Look no further. Father Dwight Longenecker, who is based at the same parish, discusses the matter in the Register’s Nov. 30 issue. Read it here.
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Communion and Voting
Posted by Tom McFeely
Monday, November 17, 2008 4:37 PM
Father Jay Scott Newman (CNS)
Father Jay Scott Newman has generated national discussion of the issue of voting for Barack Obama and receiving Communion.
Father Newman, pastor of St. Mary’s Church in Greenville, S.C., said in his parish’s Nov. 9 bulletin that Catholics who voted for Obama, despite being aware of his pro-abortion platform, needed to repent and go to Confession before receiving Communion again.
Msgr.... READ MORE
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Did U.S. Bishops Sway Voters?
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 11:14 AM
Bishop Robert Finn of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Mo. (CNS)
Did the interventions of Catholic bishops before the election regarding the responsibility of Catholic voters to give primacy to life and marriage issues have any effect?
It looks like they may have, according to an analysis by Mark Gray, director of Catholic polls at Georgetown University’s Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate.
Gray says that a state-by-state breakdown of exit poll... READ MORE
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The Catholic Vote
Posted by Tom McFeely
Wednesday, November 05, 2008 2:15 PM
(CNS)
Here is some exit poll data released today by the Faith in Public Life organization about how Catholics voted for president.
Overall, Barack Obama defeated John McCain 55%- 44% among Catholics, substantially outperforming the Democratic support garnered by John Kerry in 2004 and Al Gore in 2000 against George W. Bush.
And among white Catholics, while Obama lost to a McCain by a 52%-47% margin,... READ MORE
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Archbishop Chaput Speaks Out
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, November 04, 2008 3:04 PM
This is the first part of a recent interview with Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver, speaking about issues related to faith and politics.
The interview was conducted by Thomas Peters, who operates the American Papist website.
As always, Archbishop Chaput gives thoughtful and concise explanations of the matters he discusses. And he corrects persistent misunderstandings about topics like the... READ MORE
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