Footnote by Dr. Christopher Manion – The Bellarmine Forum
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Footnote 66: New York’s Cardinal, New York’s Senator, and New York’s Minority abortion rate
Hillary Clinton has proclaimed a woman’s right to abortion as her “bedrock truth.” In view of the tens of thousands of minority children killed by abortion in New York every year, what should Cardinal Dolan say to his state’s former junior senator?
Footnote 65: Charlie Van Heck, RIP
Charlie Van Hecke, whose voice has introduced this program for the past 18 months, has gone to his eternal reward. May he rest in peace.
Footnote 64: Tyranny
Father James Schall, S.J., reflects on democracies, good and bad.
Footnote 64: Subsidiarity
The Catholic principle of subsidiarity is fundamental to the governance of the Church, but it is also important to the Natural Law, the Common Law, and, with a unique caveat, to the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights,
Footnote 63: Easy Liberalism
Why is the media so predictably liberal and anti-Catholic? And why do media “conservatives” and media “Catholics” sound so dumb?
Footnote 62: Fatherhood
Do fathers make a difference? Two distinguished observers of the American scene think so. Professor Walter Williams and Dr. Patrick Fagan offer findings that don’t fit in to the politically correct view of our society and culture.
Footnote 58: Dolan Cheerleader
Timothy Cardinal Dolan, outgoing president of the U.S. Catholic Bishops Conference, says that the bishops, some of Obama’s “greatest supporters,” can’t be cheerleaders for the president until he ends the HHS Contraception Mandate.
Footnote 7: Revenge – Or Love? The Catholic Answer
In Footnote 7, Chris Manion asks: Can a government based on revenge serve the common good? And is love of country a viable alternative?
Footnote 6: The Church’s Tax Exemption: Boon? Or Burden?
In Footnote 6, Christopher Manion looks at the demands of some dissidents who want the government to silence the Catholic Church. Should we let them?
Footnote 5: Should Catholic Voters Care About The Truth?
In Footnote 5, Dr. Manion explores why Catholic bishops are taking moral truths seriously these days, and some “comfortable Catholics†find that – uncomfortable!