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Articles by Anne Hendershott
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Is Georgetown Catholic?
Concluding that his alma mater “takes pride in insulting the Church and offending the faithful,” William Peter Blatty, author of the best-selling book, The Exorcist, filed a Canon Law petition with the Vatican earlier this […]
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Dr. Lena and Providence College made the right decision
The decision by Hugh F. Lena, the Provost of Providence College—a Catholic college in Rhode Island—to cancel a lecture in support of same sex marriage has infuriated some on the faculty. While the Provost offered […]
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Homeschooling: Under Fire at Home and Abroad
While the freedom of religion and the rights of parents are basic human rights enshrined in law, a brief filed in the Sixth Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals on June 26, 2013 […]
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The Transgender Culture Wars
A few weeks ago, readers of the New York Post were confronted with a story whose sensational title was characteristic of the tabloid: “I’m a Guy Again! ABC newsman who switched genders wants to switch […]
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The Cloaked Creator of Modern “Love” Stories
Lawyers have learned that the way to frame a Supreme Court argument intended to persuade Justice Anthony M. Kennedy is to tell love stories—the kind of stories that begin with powerful barriers that threaten to […]
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Standing Together for Religious Freedom
I have just returned from participating in the press conference yesterday on religious liberty at the National Press Club in Washington, D C. Featuring Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore, who serves as the chair of […]
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The Problematic Legacy of Fr. Hesburgh
Standing in front of a famous 1964 photo of Father Theodore Hesburgh locking arms with the Rev. Martin Luther King, Nancy Pelosi, the House minority leader, honored Father Hesburgh at a party on Capitol Hill […]
Boy Scouts, “Bigotry” and the Catholic Culture Wars
The decision by the Boy Scouts to include self-identified gay scout members has opened a new front in the Catholic culture wars as progressive Catholic organizations are denouncing the decision by a Bremerton, Washington, Catholic […]
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Expanding the Culture of Death in Vermont
In a strongly worded statement decrying the legalization of assisted suicide in Vermont on May 20, 2013, the Most Reverend Salvatore R. Matano, the bishop of Burlington, called his home state “one of the few […]