National Catholic Register Bloggers feed from Tom Hoopes

By Tom Hoopes | Fifty years ago, Apollo 11 was sent by religious men onto the moon where, with 20% of the world watching, they hid their faith. Their deferential pusillanimity is a not-so-grand A...

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/tom-hoopes/apollo-11-and-the-curse-of-the-ark-and-the-dove

By TOM HOOPES | I first met Msgr. Lorenzo Albacete on Capitol Hill. I was the Press Secretary for Congressman Bill Archer and he was the featured talent in a Knights of Columbus initiative to tea...

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/tom-hoopes/msgr.-lorenzo-albacete-the-uncouth-man-the-brilliant-priest

By Tom Hoopes | The news is terrible, the future worrisome. What better time to relax with Princess Bride? In his new book about the making of the movie Princess Bride, Cary Elwes reveals some su...

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/tom-hoopes/top-ten-reasons-it-makes-sense-that-john-paul-ii-loved-princess-bride

By Tom Hoopes | After yesterday’s opening of the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, many in the media are taking a look back at the presidency of George W. Bush after a little time t...

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/tom-hoopes/why-catholics-are-grateful-to-george-w.-bush

By TOM HOOPES | Friday starts to work on you when you are a child. You wake up, and it’s Friday. You don’t understand why adults say, "TGIF." For a child, a Friday is painful, because it is a...

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/tom-hoopes/the-power-of-catholic-fridays

By TOM HOOPES | There are two major threats to Christmas each year: the marketplace and the state. The marketplace is a threat because it takes everything beautiful, banalizes it, mass produces i...

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/tom-hoopes/the-two-threats-to-christmas

By TOM HOOPES | It’s time for Catholics to lead true Democrats to start their own party. Catholic Democrats are in a terrible quandary. They vehemently disagree with the Republicans’ approach...

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/tom-hoopes/time-for-true-democrats-to-start-their-own-party

By TOM HOOPES | April, 20 years ago on my last night as a single man, I lay in bed staring at the ceiling unable to sleep in the middle of the night. I was afraid you were making a huge mistake b...

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/tom-hoopes/to-april-20-years-later

By Tom Hoopes | Today, as Lent gives way to the Triduum, I set aside my mouse with a sigh and bid these fond blog pages adieu. I’m going to miss this place. But today I start a new job here at ...

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/tom-hoopes/farewell_dear_reader

By Tom Hoopes | The health care bill that passed Congress was terrible. It funded abortion. The executive order that accompanied it was a temporary fig leaf at best. The bill created a bureaucrat...

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/tom-hoopes/courage_and_conviction_the_obama_difference

By Tom Hoopes | For all those parents who have children preparing for First Communion in the coming months, we know boys and girls experience the same thing: They receive the sacrament of reconci...

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/tom-hoopes/top_10_differences_boys_and_girls_1st_communions

By Tom Hoopes | Bart Stupak faced the defining moment of his career last weekend and, fair or not, he defined himself by it. He had the chance to be a profile in political courage. But he is now ...

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/tom-hoopes/bart_stupaks_defining_moment

By Tom Hoopes | If you’re a Catholic and you believe the Catechism implicitly then you believe that health care is a right and you’re inclined to support a bill that expands access to health ...

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/tom-hoopes/catechism_vs._health_care_reform

By Tom Hoopes | In honor of Sunday, here are my own coping strategies for giving up Facebook in Lent. 10. Call friends at random and say: “Tom is just hanging out after an exhausting day. Whew!...

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/tom-hoopes/top_10_things_i_do_when_giving_up_facebook_in_lent

By Tom Hoopes | I’m going to do my best to defend the Extraordinary Form after the onslaught by John Zmirak, but he’s made it hard. I think introducing the world to two of my Extraordinary Fo...

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/tom-hoopes/my_extraordinary_friends