Religion, Politics and the Culture

1) Catholic Schools Week 2) Parental Choice in Education 3) School Vouchers. This show is 2 of 4 that aired during Catholic Schools Week of 2011. Why should a citizen pay all of his adult life for education in America and then have to pay a second time in order to have his child attend the school of his choice? The Constitution seems to guarantee the right that the Catholic Church says we must have. Why is there not universal parental choice in education for all parents of school age children?

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1) Catholic Schools Week 2) Parental Choice in Education 3) School Vouchers. This show is 1 of 4 that aired during Catholic Schools Week of 2011. The show began with a brief history of Catholic Schools in America and then moved into commentary and calls from listeners.

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1) Instead of Catholics voting 54% for the culture of death, Father Pavone would have 90% voting for the culture of life. (Go to www.priestsforlife.org)
2)  Buy Father’s book: Ending Abortion: Not Just Fighting It www.priestsforlife.org.
3) Father Pavone’s Mother called in to the show – a radio first for Father Frank.
3) Father Frank gave his usual great ansers to all my questions.
4) Go to www.washingtonpost.com and read and comment on Father’s columns at “On Faith”. Be a regular. Support Father Pavone and The Church.
5) A discussion of Priests for Life. Please support them now at www.priestsforlife.org.

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Commentary on:
1) The Dream Act, homosexuality and Sec of HHS Kathleen Sibelius. (All unrelated).
2) If no candidate is good enough and the holiest do not vote, who will win the election?
3) Religious Freedom Commission prepares to shut down. Did you know we had one? I didn’t.
4) Parental Choice in Education will make affirmative action on the college level unnecessary.
5) We need equality of opportunity not equality of results.

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Charles E. Rice, Professor Emeritus of Notre Dame Law School, comments on:
1) In 2012, can a properly formed and informed Catholic vote for Obama? 2) The  future of Catholic workers in a USA with no conscience protection 3) Would it be ideal to amend the Constitution and declare the USA to be a Christian nation with full religious rights for others? 4) Why has the US culture degenerated since the 1950′s? 5) The Bishops and the upcoming elections 6) The Bishops and Obama 7) And many other important questions and issues.

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Father Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life was our guest on the Religion, Politics & the Culture radio show Monday, January 9th, 2012.
Father Pavone continued the discussions he has been having with us regarding how to vote with properly formed consciences.

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Among other things, Father Joseph Fessio, SJ, discusses:
1) The Intersection of Religion and Politics
2) The role of the Bishops
3) Whether Catholics can vote for a pro-abortion candidate
4) The role conscience plays in voting
5) The Church giving up placing children for adoption

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Michael Voris of The Vortex joined us to Discuss the USCCB’s “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship”. This exact document was released Nov 14, 2007 and 54% of Catholics voted for the most pro abortion president in history. Why would the bishops reissue the exact same document for the 2012 elections and expect a different result? (This is a replay from October 11, 2011)

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Father C.J. McCloskey, a Roman Catholic Priest of the Prelature of Opus Dei, was our guest on the Religion, Politics & the Culture radio show. Father discussed the Middle East situation including the Just War Theory. This show originally aired March 29, 2011.

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Then ‘Colonel’ Allen West, now ‘Congressman’ Allen West, was a guest on our Religion, Politics & the Culture radio show many times when he was running for office. Listen to this show anytime by clicking www.rpconradio.com. This show was Col West’s appearance from 16 October 2009. Col Allen West was an audience favorite and we did all we could on the radio show to promote his candidacy. This show is a replay from 16 October 2009. Listen to this show anytime by clicking www.rpconradio.com.

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