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March 2012

March 07, 2012

Patricia Heaton, Hollywood conservative and Christian

Everybody loved Raymond, but we all really loved his wife, played by the insanely talented...

March 07, 2012

Analyst: Catholics may account for Romney win in Ohio

It seems to be the continuation of a trend: Rick Santorum, a conservative Catholic who...

March 07, 2012

Joe Biden visits shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Details: As the sun set over Mexico City, the Vice President of the United States...

March 06, 2012

Justice Scalia: Christians seen as “cretins”

Details: Over 4,000 people flocked to the Archdiocese of Denver for its annual “Living the Catholic...

March 05, 2012

Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good releases 2012 voter guide

Details: A group of Democratic-leaning Catholics on Wednesday (Feb. 29) released a 2012 voter guide...

March 04, 2012

Rick Santorum’s Catholic journey

An interesting look at the candidate's transformation from "nominal Catholic" to conservative icon, in Sunday's...

March 03, 2012

Cardinal Dolan calls on Catholics to be “very active, involved in politics”

He spoke on the subject today at a diocesan convocation. Details: Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan...

March 03, 2012

What if the bishops aren’t bluffing?

That's the question at the heart of this piece by Ed Morrissey: Earlier this week,...

March 02, 2012

13 Catholics voted to defeat the Blunt amendment

How did Catholics vote? A summary: Today, the U.S. Senate, by a vote of 51...

March 01, 2012

From Cardinal Dolan: “We have to be realistic and prepare for tough times…”

From his blog today: The President invited us to “work out the wrinkles,” and we...

March 01, 2012

Why isn’t Santorum doing better among Catholics?

Analysts are crunching the numbers and looking at exit poll results, and have some conclusions:...

February 2012

February 26, 2012

Santorum on Kennedy speech: “That makes me throw up”

"I don't believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute....

February 23, 2012

So what religion IS Marco Rubio anyway?

A friend on FB was recently speculating about a Santorum/Rubio ticket -- in theory, the...

February 20, 2012

Meet Mitt Romney’s Catholic connection

He's a former prosecutor who keeps a statue of Mary on his desk -- and...

February 20, 2012

The myth and the reality of the “Catholic vote”

Author Stephen S. Schneck, from Catholic University, argues that there are actually several different kinds...

February 20, 2012

A must-read for this President’s Day

A huge h/t to The Anchoress for bringing this to my attention. It drives home,...

February 15, 2012

Poll: Catholic voters tilting toward Romney

But will that hold? Details: Despite a battle over birth-control policy between the White House...

February 15, 2012

Sebelius defends HHS contraception mandate

Details: In her first appearance before lawmakers since her department inflamed the Catholic Church with...

February 15, 2012

Rift: How Obama’s “accommodation” has split Catholics

A wide array of voices, from this morning's New York Times: The near-unified front led...

February 14, 2012

Quote of the day

"I confess I no longer understand Obama. He did not go to the mat to...

February 10, 2012

“We were getting killed”: the inside story of Obama’s “accommodation”

From the New York Times: For the White House, the decision announced Friday to soften...

February 10, 2012

“Accommodation”

From AP: Amid a backlash from many Catholics and proponents of religious liberty, President Barack Obama...

February 09, 2012

Dolan on HHS ruling this morning

CBS This Morning, actually. According to CNS: Cardinal-designate Timothy M. Dolan of New York said...

February 09, 2012

“Most people are both-and, not either-or…”

An interesting take on the HHS debacle, from Mary C. Curtis in this morning's WaPo:...

February 07, 2012

You know things are bad when…– UPDATED

...even Chris Matthews is upset with the HHS/contraception ruling. On Tonight's "Hardball," the Catholic Matthews...

February 06, 2012

Has the White House misread the Catholic barometer?

Gerald Seib of the Wall Street Journal is beginning to wonder: If you want to...

February 06, 2012

Sebelius defends HHS ruling: “Virtually all American women use contraception at some point…”

Details, from a column in USA TODAY: Today, virtually all American women use contraception at...

February 06, 2012

Six things to know about the HHS mandate

From Sister Mary Ann Walsh at the USCCB blog: 1. The mandate does not exempt...

February 05, 2012

My bishop’s letter on the HHS ruling

The letter below was read at all the Masses in the Diocese of Brooklyn this...

February 04, 2012

New poll: Santorum beats Obama

This news should give a few people pause: The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll...