President Obama Finds Greatest Support Among Atheists and Jews
Posted by Tim Drake
Saturday, October 03, 2009 5:12 AM
Gallup’s Daily Tracking for the month of September found that 65% of American atheists, agnostics and nonreligious approve of the job Barack Obama is doing as president. The president finds his greatest support from nonreligious and American Jews.
64% of U.S. Jews approve of the job the president is doing. Two-thirds of white Jews (66%) approve of the job Obama is doing, compared with 44% of... READ MORE
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Notre Dame Marches Towards Life
Posted by Tim Drake
Friday, September 18, 2009 9:29 AM
Thomas Peters of the American Papist blog has posted a letter written by Notre Dame’s president, Father John Jenkins, explaining how the university plans to engage in the pro-life issue.
Among the initiatives he proposes to undertake: 1) President Jenkins plans to participate in the Jan. 22 March for Life and has invited other members of Notre Dame to join him; 2) President Jenkins has formed... READ MORE
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Saving His Soul vs. Voting for ObamaCare
Posted by Tim Drake
Tuesday, August 04, 2009 4:03 PM
Louisiana Rep. Anh Joseph Cao and family.
Catholic News Agency is reporting that Louisiana Congressman Anh “Joseph” Cao prefers to “save his soul” rather than vote for the health-care bill.
Cao told The Times-Picayune on Saturday that he cannot support any bill that permits public money to be spent on abortion.
“At the end of the day if the health-care reform bill does not have strong language prohibiting the use of federal funding... READ MORE
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ObamaCare in Light of Benedict
Posted by Tom Hoopes
Saturday, August 01, 2009 5:39 AM
President Obama at the Children's National Medical Center in Washington, July 20. Reuters/Jason Reed
Benedict on Health Care
National Catholic Register Editorial
August 9-22, 2009 Issue
The
health-care debate is a perfect example of why Pope Benedict XVI’s encyclical
on the economy is called Caritas in Veritate —
Charity and Truth.
Think of it this way: Psychologists
who have attempted to care for people’s mental health without regard to the
reality of sin end up leaving people at the... READ MORE
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The Catholic Behind President Obama
Posted by Tim Drake
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 6:18 AM
Mark Linton, the president's Catholic liaison.
According to U.S. News and World Report, the most important Roman Catholic figure in President Obama’s administration is someone whom few Catholics would recognize.
Mark Linton, the director of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, is the White House’s top Catholic liaison. He not only prepared the president for his first meeting with Pope... READ MORE
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President to Catholic Press: On the Bishops
Posted by Tim Drake
Friday, July 03, 2009 6:43 AM
In response to Joe Feuerherd’s question about whether the president might “write off the bishops,” President Obama had this to say:
He said that he would not “write off the bishops,” and he gave his reasons.
“No. 1, one of the strengths of our democracy is that everybody is free to express their political opinions, and I take people’s opinions seriously. I’m the president of all Americans, not... READ MORE
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Who Asked What of the President?
Posted by Tim Drake
Friday, July 03, 2009 2:49 AM
The buzz on the Internet seems to be interested in what questions were asked of the president at his meeting with members of the Catholic press and who asked them.
Given the press’ recent grilling of White House spokesman Robert Gibbs, it should be known that the questions were not prepackaged.
Here’s a rundown on who asked what ...
Joe Feuerherd of the National Catholic Reporter, who was... READ MORE
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