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Tom Hoopes
Tom Hoopes is writer in residence at Benedictine College, in Atchison, Kansas, where he teaches in the Journalism and Mass Communications Department and edits The Gregorian, a Catholic identity speech digest. He was previously editor of the National Catholic Register for 10 years and with his wife, April, of Faith & Family magazine for five. He began his career as press secretary for the U.S. House Ways & Means Chairman and is a frequent contributor to Catholic publications. He lives in Atchison with his wife and nine children.
Recent Posts
IRS Scandal and HHS Mandate: Wrong for the Same Reasons
The Obama Administration has a thorn in its side: An organization that doesn’t just disagree with the President, but builds a moral case against his policies. The White House wants to neutralize the... More
Top 10 Quotes from Paul Ryan’s Commencement Address
“I want to answer this question: How does a Catholic public servant apply Catholic social teaching?” Paul Ryan told graduating seniors on Saturday (video here) at Benedictine College, where I wor... More
Elvis, Eric Clapton and Justin Bieber Sing to Our Lady
It's May, Mary's month. Statues of Our Lady are crowned with spring flowers, and Catholic families are saying the family Rosary every day, as Pope Francis recommended. What better time to share pop... More
8 Reasons You Don’t Want to Look at Pornography
Trust me, you don’t want to look at pornography. Preparing the final for my Mass Communications class, I thought I should share some of what we studied about one of the biggest players in the med... More
Dubyapalooza: Catholics Share the Presidential W. Love
After the Dubyapalooza at the opening of the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, a badly needed reassessment of former President Bush is underway. I offer my 2 cents at the National Catholic... More
We Should Imitate Africa (Not Vice Versa)
Central Africa seems a lot more healthy than the Western World. In my Christianity and Mass Media class, we spend the end of the year studying how the media affects our brains and personal iden... More
Let’s Help the Strange New Morality Fail
We who believe in affirming civilization’s basic building blocks — for instance, the Ten Commandments — sometimes feel like we’re losing, bigtime. The new morality, after all, undermines th... More
Three Arguments the World Can Still Hear
How do you talk to people who think you hate them? That was the question top Catholic thinkers were discussing at Benedictine College last weekend, and the three answers they came up with were simple,... More
Divine Mercy Is Our Only Hope
Today is Day 1 of the Divine Mercy novena, and it comes not a moment too soon. As Billy Graham put it (actually, it was his wife): “If God doesn’t punish America, he’ll have to apologize to S... More
Huh? Salon Learns Anti-Catholic Lesson From Steubenville Rape
We have all seen the headlines: A horrifying drama has been playing out in Steubenville, Ohio, and in the national spotlight. It concerned a rape that happened in the town, not the university Catholic... More
