Footnote By Dr. Christopher Manion The Bellarmine Forum

In Footnote 26, Chris Manion interviews Steve Mosher, President of the Population Research Institution, discussing the differences between Catholic Charity and government “charity” in Africa.

In Footnote 25, Chris Manion interviews Steve Mosher, President of the Population Institution, who reports on the sex-selection abortions that are catching on in the U.S.

Chris Manion interviews Chris Slattery, who brought crisis pregnancy care to New York City.

The Bellarmine Forum presents Howard Walsh, entrepreneur and publisher, who tells the story of Keep the Faith, which offers Catholic Internet programming to the Faithful worldwide.

The Bellarmine Forum brings you an interview with Howard Walsh, a model for Catholic laymen everywhere, explains how he put his years of business experience to work rescuing a wonderful magazine and bringing it to thousands of Catholics worldwide.

In Footnote 21, Chris Manion continues his interview with Father Kenneth Baker, S.J., discussing Fr. Baker's friend Father Raymond De Jaegher, S.J. who was a missionary to Viet Nam and China for thirty years. Listen to this breathtaking story of Fr. De Jaegher's imprisonment, first by the Japanese, and the Mao’s Chinese Communists.

In Footnote episode 20, Dr. Christopher Manion interviews Father Kenneth Baker, S.J., about his forty years as editor of the Homiletic and Pastoral Review, as well as his role as translator of the German works of Josef Cardinal Ratzinger.

In Footnote episode 18, Dr. Manion declares Obama to be The Great Divider. In Federalist Paper #1, Alexander Hamilton identified rationality as the critical ingredient of a constitutional republic. Yet, in the last election, voters were encouraged to vote on the basis of lust and envy, two of the strongest irrational passions.

In Footnote episode 18, Dr. Manion explains what it means when they say they are Dumbing Down The Core Curriculum. The federal government is at it again, pushing new “standards” for English that will require public school students to read government manuals instead of classical poetry and prose, all in the name of academic excellence.  …

The City of Detroit has been virtually destroyed by a series of incompetent and corrupt politicians. Yet those same politicians demand billions in federal taxpayer funds because they can deliver the votes. Should they get it?

Is Obama really like Stalin? Listen to the Bellarmine Forum Footnote episode 16 wherein Dr. Manion examines whether the kulaks are alive and well in America today.

Dr. Manion explores the question that once upon a time, charity was private, voluntary, and Christian. Today, countless charities – including Catholic ones -- depend on government support. Is that a welcome trend?

Join the Bellarmine Forum, as Dr. Manion asks about Paul Weyrich, who died four years ago this week, was a stalwart Catholic warrior who left us with a profound warning. Are we listening? WFFPodcast 14 Weyrich Join the Bellarmine Forum, as Dr. Manion asks about Paul Weyrich, who died four years ago this week, was…

Chris Manion finds a surprising cause for the playground name calling rampant today.

Counterfeiters multiply during the Christmas season – but in Washington DC, it’s Christmas every day!

A story told by Archbishop Chaput causes Chris Manion to ask- has social justice replaced virtue these days?

In Footnote episode 10, Dr. Manion concludes that the faithful would come to the defense of Sacramental marriage if our bishops would teach Humanae Vitae – and we should support them when they do.

In this episode of Footnote, Dr. Manion asks the question, When is a scandal not a scandal, and finds the answer to be:

At the annual meeting of the USCCB in Baltimore last week, bishops signaled that the focus on "Social Justice" that has prevailed for several decades might be changing to a focus on teaching the fundamentals of the faith to the faithful.

In Footnote 7, Chris Manion asks: Can a government based on revenge serve the common good? And is love of country a viable alternative?