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
To be updated check back
Thanks for presenting varied points of view...
ReplyDeleteI believe he needs to be judged on the totality of his life, not just Chappaquidick.
However, let's be brutally honest and I know Reggie is a home state girl, if he would have been a Republican and his last name Smith, he would have NEVER been able to maintain his Senate seat, run for President or get a 2 month suspended sentence.
Having said that he passed much legislation, much of I disagreed with, and redeemed himself in the later portions of his life.
I pray for his soul, for his family and for his admirers as a fellow Roman Catholic.
Happy Our Lady of Czestochowa Day!
http://carlosechevarria.blogspot.com/2009/08/black-madonna-of-czestochowa.html
Your welcome
ReplyDeleteHey are going to have a take on the Obama VISA Hondouras situation
What's up with your... interesting banner?
ReplyDeleteOh that is for the start of the football season
ReplyDeleteThat is the 2009 LSU GOLDEN GIRLS
Yeah. Scantily clad college girls as a banner on a Catholic blog. Nice work.
ReplyDelete"Yeah. Scantily clad college girls as a banner on a Catholic blog. Nice work."
ReplyDeleteWhat are they really scantily "clad"? I think not. I sure have seen far worse things on the street. As Pope Benedict said weeks aog there is nothing wrong with beauty and I fail to see anything trashy or uncooth about their appearance
What is exactly offensive? There is no vulgar over exposue of clevage. Is there now some proper test on how much leg you should show or is there something offensive about their hair. Explain please
How old are you?
ReplyDeleteHow old?
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ReplyDeleteI am in upper 30's why?
ReplyDeleteI see. So you have a picture of scantily-clad women who are two decades younger than you as the banner for your "Catholic" website.
ReplyDeleteA holy perv you are?
I suppose I have a different Definition of "Scantly clad" thatn you do
ReplyDeleteAgain this banner is temporary and for instance will not be replaced by a Banner of Scantly clad pictures of the San Diego Charger cheerleaders
As for my age THE GOLDEN girs are a symbol of LSU that everyone loves. Young boys and girls like them , Preachers and Priests like them, nuns like them, 85 year old Great Grandmothers like them. I have rarely heard that they are some sort of immoral icon