Category Archives: Politics

Hurrah for Dr. Susan!

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Deacon Bob

I logged on to Dr. Susan Windley-Daoust’s blog, The Ironic Catholic today. Dr. Susan is a professor of theology at St. Mary’s University of Minnesota in Winona, Minnesota. SMU is my alma mater, and Dr. Susan a couple of years … Continue reading →

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Now It’s Up to Us

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Deacon Bob

The Minnesota Legislature passed a constitutional admendment defining marriage in this state as being between one man and one woman. Now, it is up to us, the voters, to ratify this in the ballot box. My friends, don’t assume this … Continue reading →

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Archbishop Dolan on “Marriage: the core of every civilization”

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Deacon Bob

Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York wrote a wonderful post on the archdiocesan blog regarding marriage. You can read it entirely at: The Gospel in the Digital Age. I want to present a lengthy quote for those of you who … Continue reading →

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To My Astonishment….

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Deacon Bob

I posted a couple of days ago about legislation that is working itself through the Iowa legislature in an attempt to keep a late-term abortionist from setting up shop in the state, and how a writer in Des Moines was … Continue reading →

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Would You Believe This!?

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Deacon Bob

Thanks to Susan Kehoe over at A Deacon’s Wife, I learned of an argument pro-abortion advocates are using in the state of Iowa. There is a late-term abortionist across the border in Nebraska who wants to open shop in Iowa. … Continue reading →

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Open Letter from the Minnesota Catholic and Lutheran Bishops

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Deacon Bob

The bishops of the Catholic Church and a number of Lutheran bishops have issued an open letter to Gov. Mark Dayton and the Minnesota Legislature about their efforts to deal with the budget crisis in this state. In it, they … Continue reading →

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The Vatican on Recent Illicit Ordinations of Bishops in China

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Deacon Bob

As you may have heard, the government of China coerced the participation of Catholic bishops in China in the ordination of a couple of men to the episcopacy, ordinations that did not have papal mandate and thus are illicit, though … Continue reading →

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Quote for the Day

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Deacon Bob

“This is not a church issue; this is a civil rights issue, the premier civil rights issue of our day! All we are asking is that the equal protection of the law promised by our beloved constitution be applied to … Continue reading →

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In Defense of Religious Freedom

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Deacon Bob

I read an article today written by George Weigel in First Things, entitled, “All War, All the Time.” In it, he writes about the Church’s struggle for religious freedom back in the 1960s through the 1980s in communist countries bent … Continue reading →

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Illinois Abolishes the Death Penalty

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Deacon Bob

This morning, Governor Pat Quinn of Illinois, signed into law the bill abolishing the death penalty in Illinois. This bill was passed by the state legislature just a couple of days ago. Shortly thereafter Governor Quinn commuted to life in … Continue reading →

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Quote for the Day

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Deacon Bob

“Once abolish the God, and the government becomes God.” — G.K. Chesterton

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Faith in Politics

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Deacon Bob

It is well-known that in the United States we have separation of church and state. All of us who were required to take Civics in high school also know that this constitutional separation prohibits the government from adopting a state … Continue reading →

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Purification of Reason

Posted on November 7, 2010 by Deacon Bob

On October 28, the Holy Father met with a number of Brazilian bishops making their ad limina visit.  His address was in Portuguese, a language I cannot read, but excerpts of it were published in English by Fides, the information … Continue reading →

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Marriage – One Man and One Woman

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Deacon Bob

The  strenuous  and multiple efforts by many of us to protect the family has taken a new turn: protecting the definition of marriage as a permanent union of one man with one woman. The Minnesota Catholic bishops are stepping forward in this … Continue reading →

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The Dignity of the Worker

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Deacon Bob

Bishop William F. Murphy of Rockville Centre, New York had some interesting things to say recently in the U.S. bishops’ annual Labor Day statement. “More than ever, the dignity of the worker is a foundation upon which we should measure … Continue reading →

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