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Obamacare’s mounting problems

Sheila March 31, 2014

It’s not really news anymore that signup for healthcare as promised and touted by the president has hit another Read More

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Independence Day 2012

Sheila July 5, 2012

What will Independence Day 2013 look like in America? That thought crossed my mind in the middle of the day, seeing Read More

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‘Fortnight for Freedom’ launches

Sheila June 24, 2012

Never have the US bishops been so unified and fully engaged over one issue in this nation. But the HHS Read More

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Obama Catholic ally turns back, again

Sheila June 21, 2012

Sr. Carol Keehan and the very large Catholic Health Association network were instrumental in helping President Obama get the contentious Read More

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Liberals sometimes want bishops to speak up

Sheila April 29, 2012

Until they don’t. Depends on the issue. But it’s interesting to juxtapose reactions to the US bishops speaking Read More

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Race and class and politics

Sheila March 1, 2012

I could write an extemporaenous dissertation on the political race and the human race, class acts and class warfare, and Read More

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Obama tests faith boundaries

Sheila January 31, 2012

He won election with a slim majority of Catholic voters because enough progressives believed his policies aligned with social justice Read More

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Obama’s ‘war on the church’

Sheila January 25, 2012

This was an extraordinary provocation. On the day after Pope Benedict warned the church in America about unprecedented political and Read More

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Planned Parenthood’s political power

Sheila July 21, 2011

There’s a lot in the news about contraception and health care and Planned Parenthood right now. And a lot Read More