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No freedom to choose
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Deacon R.W. Montalto
Baltimore
I was surprised to learn that Maryland Senators Cardin and Mikulski are co-sponsors of the The Freedom of Choice Act. It sounds good, because every American is proud of our freedom to choose what is right and avoid what is wrong. This bill, however, is not a freedom to choose, but a death warrant to what science has determined to be a human being at conception. The bill will require that we pay for the death of a human being who cannot speak for themselves.
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Bible survey didn’t go in depth
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John J. Grauer
Hilton Head, S.C.
A friend gave me The Catholic Review (Oct. 23). We are studying the Bible and I was fascinated by the seven questions referred to in the worldwide Bible study survey. My question: what was the percentage of Protestants vs. Catholics who answered 100 percent of the questions correctly? This is a more revealing fact than those who failed four or more questions.
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Religious freedom hangs in the balance
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Barbara Bona
Sykesville
Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien’s editorial (CR, Nov. 13) highlighted the disastrous effect President-elect Obama’s commitment to Freedom of Choice Act will have on the people of this country. However, his statement the “FOCA will undermine the freedom of religion upon which our country was founded” is far too mild. I believe FOCA will not undermine our religious freedom; it will be the first step to effectively eliminate religious freedom. Catholics (and others) need to recognize the incredible danger that is upon us with the potential passage of FOCA and other foul laws surely destined to follow. Religious freedom, as we have known it throughout our history, truly hangs in the balance.
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Congress culpable too
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Deacon Richard Montalto
St. Thomas Aquinas
I read Michael Madden’s response (CR, Oct. 16) to my letter, which stated that I was incorrect when I said Congress “prepares the budget.” Let’s look at the recent so-called “bail out” bill that the President sent to Congress which was three pages long and rejected by Congress. However, when a 400-plus page bill designed to do the same thing was presented back to the president for his signature, it contained millions of dollars of entitlements which can be translated very loosely as “payoffs, bribes, etc.” for Congress to pass the bill. Now I ask a simple question, “who really prepares the budget?”
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Was it race, or something else, that led to an Obama victory?
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By Carole Norris Greene
Catholic News Service
While supporters can scarcely contain their euphoria over Sen. Barack Obama’s historic win of the U.S. presidency – the first for a black man – I am still stuck chewing on the fact that Obama was a major political party’s nominee for president in the first place, let alone the victor in the 2008 epic race for the White House.
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Faithful Citizenship and living ‘The Gospel of Life’
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Maureen Stansell
Annapolis
We hear so much today about being faithful citizens, but what does this really mean to you? Does it mean that if you vote when election year rolls around you are a faithful citizen? Even though this is considered very important and a moral obligation, being a faithful citizen demands much more of us.
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The Best Kept Secret in the Church
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By Rick Camden
In mid-October my wife Marilyn and I attended our second week-long course on Pope John Paul II’s Theology of the Body (TOB). Why would a couple married for 36 years, with four adult children, and no academic background in theology spend so much money, time, and energy learning about such an esoteric subject?
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Vote with a well-formed conscience
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Frank M. Rega, S.F.O.
Millsboro, Del.
Perhaps the greatest glory of the Catholic Church today is her public stand against the culture of death. Many of our Catholic bishops have clearly presented the church’s teaching on life issues in recent weeks. They have responded charitably to statements by Catholic politicians who attempt to justify their own support for pro-abortion legislation. Unfortunately, it seems that many liberal Catholics are just going to continue to disagree with church teaching.
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Law of God will prevail
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Monsignor James P. Farmer
Parkville
Everything we do in life is controlled by law. Law governs our lives from the moment we are conceived, and the law governs the probate of our estate after our death, and law controls everything between conception and death.
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Saving the environment, parish resources
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Tom Sheahen
Deer Park
The Catholic Review (Sept. 11) showed Father Syracuse holding a compact fluorescent light bulb. That may have been the single best photo you’ve run all year to help struggling parishes meet their needs and serve their people. As your editorial (Sept. 25) said, “we can’t afford it” is heard much too often. Despite the somewhat flamboyant way they put it, a promotion (www.energystar.gov/changetheworld) from the Environmental Protection Agency is genuine and valid. Their calculations are correct and their numbers are accurate. There is a huge amount of money to be saved, via simple energy-conservation measures. Churches in particular should be attentive, since donations are down in these uncertain economic times. It would be a shame if people forget about all the other things they mention, besides light bulbs. I encourage you to continue to promote energy conservation.
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