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The Catholic vote, the morning after — UPDATED
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
Rocco called it, aptly, a “repudiation,” and now others are weighing in with their thoughts about how Catholics voted yesterday. Here’s Thomas Reese, SJ, from the Washington Post: Catholic voters ignored the instructions of a group of vocal bishops and delivered 54% of their vote for Barack Obama as president of the United States. These…
Having a voice
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
A colleague at work described to me the scene at his polling place, in a mostly African American corner of Brooklyn. Long lines. A sizable crowd. And a cheerful mood. “There was singing,” he told me. Singing?, I said. What were they singing? “Hymns and spirituals,” he replied. Somehow, I don’t think one of those…
McCain rocked the house
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
If you missed it, his hilarious appearance with Tina Fey last night on Saturday Night Live.
Sign of the times
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
A Wisconsin Catholic school principal found himself in hot water this week for posting a sign supporting Barack Obama in his yard: The heated reaction to a Barack Obama sign appearing in the Catholic Memorial High School principal’s yard “reflects a complex intersection of personal politics, free speech and the need for clarity about the…
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