Catholic Reaction to the Kennedy Death (The Good , The Bad, And the Ugly)

I will try to update this during the day.

One of the first out of the box was The Anchoress that is still pro bally one of the best online. See Ted Kennedy, Healthcare & Purgatory (She has a ton of links too) (as usual scroll down)

Kathryn Jean Lopez over at National Review has her thoughts on Kennedy and how they took worshiped together many times. See R.I.P. Thee BBC linked her thoughts which for some reason has resulted in outraged emails from across the pond. See her reaction here.

From the more progressive side of the Catholic aisle Vox NOVAova has some initial thoughts here.

Former Catholic now Orthodox(so we are counting him) Rod Dreher of the Crunchy Con and the Dallas Morning News has The tragic life of Ted Kennedy

Speaking of the Orthodox this writer at Get Religion (which is a place to watch on this) has their first piece up that examines how journalists are handling the Catholic Angle. See Ted Kennedy: Catholic political icon

Our Sunday Visitor's contributing editor has Ted Kennedy: A man of missed opportunities for greatness

Pro -Ecclesia has It's Already Started: The Party of Wellstone Uses Kennedy's Death for Political Opportunism

Going back to the more progressive side Michael Winters of American Magazine and who also writes for the Tablet in the UK has extensive thoughts here at Sen. Ted Kennedy RIP (Link fixed)

The Anchoress has linked up another piece she wrote up in 2008. See Kennedy’s hard road & the privilege of prayer (Scroll down)

Jill Stanek has a pretty big post here at A pro-lifer eulogizes Ted Kennedy

Mark Stricherz who is a pretty good voice to listen to on things Catholic and Political at NEW CATHOLIC POLITICS has The Church and Ted Kennedy

From the far left of the "Catholic" side National Catholic Reporter has He made me proud to be a Catholic . On a side note Catholic Church Conservation in response has Cry not for Ted Kennedy

The pro-life causa nostrae laetitiae laments how Kennedy wasted his Catholic Morality but also praises him for a important piece of pro-life legislation. See Senator Kennedy dies of brain cancer

St. John's Valdosta has a pretty big post getting a question many of us in the pews will get by Non Catholic firends. Why were these people denied a Catholic Funeral Mass and no doubt Kennedy will not. See "...because of the scandal that would ensue"

The former President of Arizona Right to Life and Catholic has thoughts here at In The End We Must All Answer For Our Deeds - Edward Kennedy - Dead at 77 via Jakubczyk on Life

Mark Stricherz has another article up (at a site I plan to visit more). At True Slant see Good Ted Kennedy, Bad Ted Kennedy (THIS IS A VERY GOOD ARTICLE with some interesting KENNEDY QUOTES)

An interesting news article form Kennedy's Priest. See Kennedy Priest: He Wanted To Go
Reverend Says Massachusetts Senator At Peace, Ready

At Southern Appeal attention is brought to not one of Kennedy's finest moments that had unfortunate long term implications. See Much is the Legacy of Teddy

Pro -Ecclesia has Chris Matthews: Barack Is The Last Kennedy Brother [UPDATED] (OH good grief)


American Catholic has picked up on some links I wish to add via their post Reaction To The Passing Away Of Ted Kennedy Around The Catholic World. They are:

Mixed Record?! my hind end by Rich Leonardi of Ten Reasons

I had been praying for his spiritual health by Jean M. Heimann of Catholic Fire

Fisking Dissident Catholic Sister Fiedler’s Gushing Over Ted Kennedy’s Pro-Abortion Views by Father John Zuhlsdorf of What Does The Prayer Really Say?

A Response To The Dissident Catholic Sister Fiedler’s ‘Proud Catholic’ Article On Ted Kennedy by Patrick Madrid

NARAL awarded 100% pro-abortion voting record to senator, who also championed embryonic stem cell research, same-sex “marriage.” by Kathleen Gilbert of LifeSiteNews.com

Only God Knows by David L. Alexander of man with black hat


“Let not this weak, unknowing hand presume Thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land on each I judge Thy foe.” by G. Thomas Fitzpatrick of Recta Ratio

Ted Kennedy leaves mixed Catholic legacy by Catholic News Agency

Jerry Falwell and Ted Kennedy Were Close Friends by Joe Carter of First Thoughts (Evangelical)


Sons of Perdition: How Certain Catholic Priests Turned the Kennedys Pro-Abortion by Patrick Madrid

How Support for Abortion Became Kennedy Dogma by Anne Hendershott of The Wall Street Journal

Chappaquiddick: No Profile in Kennedy Courage by Susan Donaldson James of ABC News

Good ole ROD at Crunchy Con has some post that are very well worth reading. See:
When Ted Kennedy redeemed himself
Ted Kennedy as Don Draper
On abortion, a once-Catholic Ted Kennedy

The Anchoress has more thoughts and more links here. See Who can have a Catholic Funeral & more

Father Z does a fisking here. See America writer attacks critics of Sen. Kennedy: don’t mention his abortion record Madrid has responded to Winters here at America Magazine Goes After Me for My Response to Sr. Maureen Fiedler

Pro-Ecclesia has What Might Have Been ... Also related Fr. Raymond de Souza has similar thoughts today at National Catholic Register:

American Catholic has Ted Kennedy, A Devoted Father.

There are a ton of new links at American Catholic. See Day 2: Reaction To The Passing Away Of Ted Kennedy Around The Catholic World


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