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2017-01-24T17:55:32-05:00

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Props to PBS, Who Did Discuss the Lawsuit, While the Other Networks Slept

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:55 pm By Frank Weathers

Joanne McPortland tipped me off about this in the combox of the post I wrote about the crickets chirping on the other major networks following the biggest religious lawsuit ever. Kudos to PBS, who I lauded last time for hosting Fr. Robert Barron’s Catholicism series as well. In the clip below, host Gwen Iffel queries Wall Street Journal reporter Janet Adamy about the news that the other networks (honorable mention, though, to CBS News) failed to provide to the public. Give... Read more

2017-01-24T17:55:33-05:00

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With the HHS Mandate, Belloc’s Heresy “The Modern Phase” Has Arrived UPDATED

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:55 pm By Frank Weathers

A couple of years ago, when I was boring folks with YIMCatholic Book Club posts, we tackled Hilaire Belloc’s The Great Heresies. We started it around the time school was out in the Summer of 2010, beginning with the Introduction. We followed along for six weeks as Belloc made his way through all the big heresies you’ve heard of, but didn’t know diddly squat about. First, we learned the plan of the book, and then we dug into the following heresies in... Read more

2015-04-01T09:45:25-05:00

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Because the Catholic Church is Flying Under the Gaydar, and Way Over It Too UPDATED

Last updated on: April 1, 2015 at 9:45 am By Frank Weathers

In fact, she transcends homosexuality in the same manner that she transcends everything, be it politics, economics, justice, health, and every other category you can name that involves the human person. Everyone who is a member of fallen humanity, say “aye!” The Anchoress, Mark Shea, Marc Barnes, Michael Voris (!), and I all line up on the same side of the room when it comes to the teachings of the Church on homosexuality. Why? Because we believe her teachings. And... Read more

2017-01-24T17:55:35-05:00

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Mary Ann Glendon Explains Why The Bishops Are Suing the U.S. Government

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:55 pm By Frank Weathers

Who is Mary Ann Glendon? She’s the Learned Hand Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. I love that title, as Learned Hand sounds like someone I’d like to get to know better. Because with a name like that, he’s got to be good. After all, Judge Learned Hand wrote wise opinions such as this, What do we mean when we say that first of all we seek liberty? I often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too... Read more

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2017-01-24T17:55:37-05:00

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Cardinal Dolan on CBS This Morning with Charlie Rose

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:55 pm By Frank Weathers

Yesterday I lamented the paucity of media coverage regarding the lawsuits filed by 40+ Catholic groups. It appears that the media outlets had some backing and filling to do. CBS again seems to be leading the way, at least in terms of getting the story out to the public and bringing in folks to get to the roots of it. Here is Timothy Cardinal Dolan speaking with Charlie Rose on CBS This Morning. Charlie Rose and Erica Hill do a... Read more

2017-01-24T17:55:40-05:00

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The Dozen Lawsuits Filed Today Garnered all of 15 Seconds on CBS News. We Shall Overcome.

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:55 pm By Frank Weathers

Calvin and Hobbes are at it again, making great points in less than 10 seconds. Thinking along these lines then, I can’t remember the last time I actually watched the evening news. Too many ads from pharmaceutical companies and not enough real news as I recall. But tonight, what with the news that 40+ Catholic organizations sued the government by simultaneously filing a dozen lawsuits across the country, I decided to take a look, and realized pretty quickly that I’m never... Read more

2017-01-24T17:55:41-05:00

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Comments on the Lawsuit by the President of the University of Notre Dame UPDATED

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:55 pm By Frank Weathers

On the heels of the story that hit the news stands at 11AM, the President of the University of Notre Dame, explains clearly what the lawsuit is about, and just as importantly, what it isn’t about. This hit my inbox from the Washington Examiner, May 21, 2012 A Message from Father John Jenkins, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame Today the University of Notre Dame filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana regarding a... Read more

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2017-01-24T17:55:42-05:00

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Catholics to the Courtrooms: OSV, University of Notre Dame, and 43 Dioceses Ramp Up the Legal Fight Against the HHS Mandate

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:55 pm By Frank Weathers

This broke about a half hour ago from the good folks over at Our Sunday Visitor, At 11 a.m. Eastern time today, 43 Catholic dioceses and organizations — including Our Sunday Visitor and the University of Notre Dame — filed religious liberty lawsuits against the federal government in a dozen different jurisdictions around the country. At issue are regulations that require Catholic organizations, employers and insurers to provide or facilitate abortion-inducing drugs, sterilization and contraception — in violation of their... Read more

2017-01-24T17:55:44-05:00

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My BlogFather Is Hiking the Camino. Let’s All Follow Along!

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:55 pm By Frank Weathers

That guy with the beard above is Webster Bull, a pilgrim along the Way of St. James, also known as El Camino de Santiago de Compostela. Webster is the founder of this blog, as long time readers will recall. With him in the photograph is his daughter Marian. They up and decided to take a few months off and hit the trail blazed by countless pilgrims since olden times, and Martin Sheen since the film “The Way” opened in theaters... Read more

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2017-01-24T17:55:44-05:00

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What the Most Interesting Man In the World Says…

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:55 pm By Frank Weathers

Amen. That is all (H/T Southern Fried Catholicism). Read more

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