Footnote by Dr. Christopher Manion

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

By Christopher Manion / April 3, 2014 /

https://media.blubrry.com/bellarmineforumfootnote/bellarmineforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/BF-Footnote-66-hillary-dolan-abortion-031314-df.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadHillary 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?

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Footnote 65: Charlie Van Heck, RIP

By Christopher Manion / March 27, 2014 /

https://media.blubrry.com/bellarmineforumfootnote/bellarmineforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/BF-Footnote-65-Charlie-031314-df.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadCharlie Van Hecke, whose voice has introduced this program for the past 18 months, has gone to his eternal reward. May he rest in peace.

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Footnote 64: Tyranny

By Christopher Manion / March 22, 2014 /

https://media.blubrry.com/bellarmineforumfootnote/bellarmineforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/BF-Footnote-64-tyranny-021314-df.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadFather James Schall, S.J., reflects on democracies, good and bad.

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Footnote 64: Subsidiarity

By Christopher Manion / March 3, 2014 /

https://media.blubrry.com/bellarmineforumfootnote/bellarmineforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/BF-Footnote-Podcast-subsidiarity-021314-df.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThe 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…

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Footnote 63: Easy Liberalism

By Christopher Manion / February 25, 2014 /

https://media.blubrry.com/bellarmineforumfootnote/bellarmineforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/BF-Footnote-Podcast-Easy-liberalism-010514-df.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWhy is the media so predictably liberal and anti-Catholic? And why do media “conservatives” and media “Catholics” sound so dumb?

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Footnote 62: Fatherhood

By Christopher Manion / February 18, 2014 /

https://media.blubrry.com/bellarmineforumfootnote/bellarmineforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/BF-Footnote-Podcast-Fatherhood-010514-df.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadDo 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.

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Footnote 61: Tim Carney

By Christopher Manion / December 31, 2013 /

https://media.blubrry.com/bellarmineforumfootnote/bellarmineforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/BF-Footnote-61-Tim-Carney-120713-df.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadMost 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.

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Footnote 60: Dissidents

By Christopher Manion / December 28, 2013 /

https://media.blubrry.com/bellarmineforumfootnote/bellarmineforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/BF-Footnote-60-dissidents-120713-df.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadDissident 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?

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Footnote 59: CRS

By Christopher Manion / December 21, 2013 /

https://media.blubrry.com/bellarmineforumfootnote/bellarmineforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/BF-Footnote-59-CRS-120713-df.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThe 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?

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Footnote 58: Dolan Cheerleader

By Christopher Manion / December 14, 2013 /

https://media.blubrry.com/bellarmineforumfootnote/bellarmineforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/BF-Footnote-58-Dolan-cheerleader-120713-df.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadTimothy 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?

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