Footnote by Dr. Christopher Manion – The Bellarmine Forum

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Footnote is a weekly short (5-minute) series meant to highlight social reference and current events. The Bellarmine Forum presents Dr. Christopher Manion weekly as he discusses current topics of Catholic interest, current events, and topics of the day. Sometimes guests, sometimes discussion of his From Under the Rubble column appearing in the Wanderer and on Bellarmine Forum at bellarmineforum.org.

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Footnote 66: New York’s Cardinal, New York’s Senator, and New York’s Minority abortion rate

Apr 03 2014 6 mins

Hillary Clinton has proclaimed a woman’s right to abortion as her “bedrock truth.” In view of the tens of thousands of minority children killed by abortion in New York every year, what should Cardinal Dolan say to his state’s former junior senator?

Footnote 65: Charlie Van Heck, RIP

Mar 27 2014 2 mins

Charlie Van Hecke, whose voice has introduced this program for the past 18 months, has gone to his eternal reward. May he rest in peace.

Footnote 64: Tyranny

Mar 22 2014 6 mins

Father James Schall, S.J., reflects on democracies, good and bad.

Footnote 64: Subsidiarity

Mar 03 2014 7 mins

The Catholic principle of subsidiarity is fundamental to the governance of the Church, but it is also important to the Natural Law, the Common Law, and, with a unique caveat, to the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights, where it defends us from intrusion into our home and community life by ambitious politicians.

Footnote 63: Easy Liberalism

Feb 25 2014 6 mins

Why is the media so predictably liberal and anti-Catholic? And why do media “conservatives” and media “Catholics” sound so dumb?

Footnote 62: Fatherhood

Feb 18 2014 6 mins

Do fathers make a difference? Two distinguished observers of the American scene think so. Professor Walter Williams and Dr. Patrick Fagan offer findings that don’t fit in to the politically correct view of our society and culture.

Footnote 61: Tim Carney

Dec 31 2013 3 mins

Most sensible people are tired of the Prestige Media and its lapdog liberals. Fortunately, there’s one Washington reporter who actually knows what he’s doing.

Footnote 60: Dissidents

Dec 28 2013 3 mins

Dissident Catholics are a curious bunch. They reject the teaching authority of the Church, they can’t say the Creed honestly, and yet they insist on calling themselves “Catholic” and demand that the Church change its teachings to accommodate them. Can you figure them out?

Footnote 59: CRS

Dec 21 2013 4 mins

The relationship between the Church’s charities and the federal government is not often discussed in fundraising campaigns of groups like Catholic Relief Services. Is that a good idea?

Footnote 58: Dolan Cheerleader

Dec 14 2013 6 mins

Timothy Cardinal Dolan, outgoing president of the U.S. Catholic Bishops Conference, says that the bishops, some of Obama’s “greatest supporters,” can’t be cheerleaders for the president until he ends the HHS Contraception Mandate. Is Cardinal Dolan on the right track here?