In All Things

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NBC News is reporting that Michigan Congressman Bart Stupak the leader of twelve pro-life Democrats who have refused to support the final health care bill until their concerns were met has decided to vote yes on the health care bill Stupak was in negotiations with the White House and Health

Congressman Bart Stupak is holding a news conference as I write with his fellow pro-life Democrats They announced an agreement with the White House for an executive order that confirms a pro-life interpretation of any ambiguous aspects of the current health care bill Some on the Left charged that

Sacramento CA As Holy Week and Easter approach I will continue my wildly popular series of reflections on my Tamil love course with some reflections from a Christian perspective on the poetry of the 9th century south Indian Hindu saint Shatakopan He is one of the alvars like Tirumalisai Pi

I do not like the writings of the Anchoress Elizabeth Scalia over at her First Things blog I know that blogging invites hyper-ventilation in part because of some of the ridiculous things one reads on other blogs but hyper-ventilation is Scalia rsquo s only note It is as if all Bach rsquo s cho

It was probably too much to hope that our family squabble over the health care reform package nbsp could have been conducted without generating too much acrimony But the current divergence of thinking on health care reform though it may appear little more than a ball of confusion to many lay Catho

Many commentators have denounced the process by which the health care reform has made its way through Congress There was the quot Cornhusker kickback quot which exempted the state of Nebraska from paying its share of Medicaid and other back room deals that are not uncommon in the legislative pro

Father Jim Martin made another emergency spiritual call on Comedy Central as part of his side gig The Colbert Report chaplain This time Jim stopped by to explain a little about Catholic Social Teaching and why Glen Beck probably wouldn t make a good pope Colbert still doesn t seem to get it I do

I wrote earlier about the need to avoid recriminations in the current health care debate as it enters its final days Bishop Robert Lynch of St Petersburg Florida has given an exquisite and timely example of the kind of thoughtful commentary that I believe we need in these last days His stateme

I will be a guest on the NPR show Tell Me More with Michel Martin today to discuss Catholics and nbsp the health care debate Check your local listings or go to the website www npr org and click on programs then click on Tell Me More for an audio-recording Michael Sean Winters nbsp