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Muslims Misbehaving

by Ken Connor September 20, 2012

Therefore by their fruits you shall know them. (Matthew 7:20, NKJV)
As rioting and violence once again erupt across the Muslim world in response to a perceived insult against their Prophet, the usual apologists are taking to the airwaves assuring…

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The Catholic Woman Voter

by Cheryl Dickow September 20, 2012

“The hour is coming, in fact has come, when the vocation of women is being acknowledged in its fullness, the hour in which women acquire in the world an influence, an effect and a power never hitherto achieved. That is…

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Fr. Broom’s Recipe for Beating Greed

by Fr. Ed Broom September 19, 2012

Erich Fromm, a modern psychologist coined this immortal maxim: “If you are what you are and you lose what you have, who are you?”   The greatest rock n’ roll group ever, The Beatles, composed a song, “Money can’t buy me…

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The Pope and Lebanon

by Michael Cook September 19, 2012

It seemed like a scene straight from the playbook for Arab Spring demonstrations: chador-clad women carrying placards, school children in neatly pressed uniforms with badges of Ayatollah Khomeini waving flags, muftis making speeches. But this was Lebanon, and the Shi’ites…

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Relevant Rock: A Review of Beach House’s Bloom

by Dan Hart September 18, 2012

Editor’s Note: Welcome to the first installment of Relevant Rock, a new series of insightful reviews of rock music releases for those Catholic Exchange readers who are discerning fans of the genre. Yes, we all know that the world of…

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A New First for Belgium: Prisoner Euthanasia

by Michael Cook September 18, 2012

For the first time, a Belgian prisoner has been euthanized. A man identified as Frank V.D.B, who had spent 20 years in prison for two murders and rapes, died recently. The date is not clear from media reports, but it…

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Set the Stage for the Year of Faith

by Denise Bossert September 17, 2012

In the early 1990s, my sister lived in New Zealand and worked for a traveling science roadshow. We talked on the phone rarely. It was too expensive, and the voice delay on oversea phone calls was really frustrating. My sister…

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Not Much Difference Between a Human and an Octopus?

by Michael Cook September 17, 2012

Here’s something we missed about the uniqueness of human beings. In July the Francis Crick Memorial Conference, at Cambridge University, decided that we aren’t as exceptional as we once believed. At the conference a group of people, mostly experimental neuroscientists,…

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Egypt and Libya: Shades of 1979-1980

by Dr. Paul Kengor September 14, 2012

In the last [48] hours, beginning with the 11th anniversary of 9/11, all hell has broken loose in the Middle East. Our diplomatic missions in Egypt and Libya have been attacked, with the U.S. ambassador to Libya among those brutally…

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Jimmy’s For Barack–and Abortion and Homosexual Marriage?

by Dr. Paul Kengor September 14, 2012

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Editor’s note: A longer version of this article first appeared at Catholic Vote.
In my previous commentary, I noted the blind political devotion of Bill and Hillary Clinton, hopelessly devoted to Barack Obama above all else. These onetime…

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