First Things editor Joseph Bottum has offered a telling critique of President Obama’s effort to enlist the aid of religious leaders for his health care reform. In the October 2009 issue (“The Day for the Religious”), Bottum describes Obama’s conference call…
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Dr. Jeffrey A. Mirus - who has written 8 posts on Catholic Exchange.
The Bishops, Justice, Health Care and Social Change
Posted on 02 July 2009
Bishop William Murphy’s letter to members of the US House of Representatives endorsing comprehensive health care for every inhabitant of the United States (including illegal immigrants) raises an important question about the involvement of the United States bishops in politics. Granted,…
The Economy, in this World and the Next
Posted on 26 May 2009
The phrase “economy of salvation” puzzles many who wonder what faith and finance have to do with each other. One definition of economy is “the disposition or regulation of the parts or functions of any organic whole; an organized system or…
On Voting for Pro-Abortion Candidates
Posted on 21 October 2008
It’s election season again, and we should make one more attempt to convince our fellow citizens (and our fellow Catholics) that they cannot morally allow any issue to take precedence over abortion in their decisions about how to vote in…
How to Choose among Presidential Candidates
Posted on 25 January 2008
A kind reader suggested that I offer an analysis of all the presidential candidates in order to assist voters in making the right choice. Unfortunately, despite the shrill denunciations of modernist Catholics who insist that my opposition to abortion proves…
Damnable Pro-Life Infighting
Posted on 25 June 2007
I was very sorry to see the recent falling-out between Colorado Right to Life and National Right to Life. I was even more disturbed to see the American Life League commend Colorado Right to Life for putting "personhood before politics"…
Has the Pope Condemned Harry Potter?
Posted on 29 July 2005
A LifeSiteNews article a couple of weeks ago, headlined “Pope Opposes Harry Potter Novels,” made it appear that Benedict XVI has read the Potter books and found them dangerous.
Given the release a few days later of the sixth novel in J.K. Rowling’s…
Knaves or Fools?
Posted on 28 June 2004
(This article and other similar commentaries can be found at CatholicCulture.org .)
Here are the top ten reasons that they are both knaves and fools when it comes to their stand on this issue.
The “Fool” Reasons
10. Unguided aspirations. To avoid sacramental discipline,…
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