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With the political season heating up, and the U.S. bishops planning to meet next week, some American Catholics are clearing their throats and asking for “civility”: A bipartisan group of American Catholics has issued a call for “civility in political debate,” arguing strongly that lay people should not press Church leaders to denounce politicians whose…

A political tragedy seems to be unfolding, even as I type: MCPF Stephen Colbert has reached into the ring and taken back his hat. The race is over. Or so claims the traditionally-hostile-to-Catholics-and-other-nice-people liberal media: Stephen Colbert has dropped his bid for the White House. His announcement came after the South Carolina Democratic Executive Council…

John Kerry — remember him? — popped up the other day and spoke to a group of reporters about religion, faith, and some of the controversy over abortion that dogged him in the 2004 presidential campaign. This, from Catholic News Service: On the first day of November 2007, U.S. Sen. John Kerry finally gave a…

Another election year is coming, and you know what that means. Yes, that’s right: another document from America’s bishops. After the communion controversy of 2004, will we have another “wafer watch” in 2008? The New York Times’ Peter Steinfels ponders what lies ahead: On the eve of every presidential election year since 1976, the nation’s…
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