Communist China at 60
Posted by Tom McFeely
Thursday, October 01, 2009 2:39 PM
Hong Kong police arrest a pro-democracy protester Oct. 1 during a demonstration demanding China improve its human rights record, outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong. (Reuters)
As the Daily Blog noted in our previous post, Oct. 1 is the feast day of St. Thérèse of Lisieux. But this day is also fraught with a secular significance: It’s the 60th anniversary of the Communist seizure of power in China.
According to Register correspondent Father Raymond J. de Souza, the six decades of existence of the People’s Republic of China is something that merits no celebration.... READ MORE
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Kennedy and the Culture Wars
Posted by Daily Blog
Thursday, August 27, 2009 11:32 AM
Sen. Edward Kennedy in 1979. (CNS)
Father Raymond J. de Souza has written this news analysis for the Sept. 6 issue of the Register:
Edward Kennedy’s Catholic Legacy: America’s Culture Wars
By FATHER RAYMOND J. DE SOUZA
REGISTER CORRESPONDENT
In death Sen. Edward M. Kennedy hardly needs his biography recalled. His life could hardly have been more chronicled. What is more interesting to ask, especially in light of the... READ MORE
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Two Very Different Kennedys
Posted by Tom McFeely
Thursday, August 13, 2009 2:13 PM
Eunice Kennedy Shriver (l.), Jean Kennedy Smith and Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass, together in Boston in July 2004. (Reuters)
Father Raymond J. de Souza contrasts the lives and legacies of Eunice Kennedy Shriver (and her husband Sargent Shriver) and Sen. Edward Kennedy in this way:
The Shrivers represented the old Democratic Party—economically liberal and culturally conservative. They were routed by the new Democratic Party—economically liberal and culturally libertine—of which Ted became the poster boy. The tortured... READ MORE
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De Souza: 'What Dolan Taught'
Posted by Daily Blog
Thursday, February 26, 2009 3:07 PM
Archbishop Dolan in Milwaukee. CNS photo/Sam Lucero, Catholic Herald
Here follows a story soon to be published in the National Catholic Register:
New Archbishop to New York
‘Larger Than Life’ Figure Dolan Taught What Priesthood Means
By Father Raymond J. de Souza
NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER
The garrulous Timothy Michael Dolan, preacher and raconteur extraordinaire, chooses his words carefully. And when ordained a bishop in 2001 in St. Louis, his first words... READ MORE
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