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2017-01-24T17:19:16-05:00

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To Pray For the People of Egypt And For Peace in the Middle East

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:19 pm By Frank Weathers

I’ve been feeling a bit like Obi Wan Kenobi did after Alderaan was destroyed. Too geeky? Then try Matthew 2:18. Get the picture? The main reason is what has been going down in Syria and in Egypt. (more…) Read more

2015-06-07T22:39:07-05:00

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St. Francis, Poverty, and the Saving Madness of the Gospel…

Last updated on: June 7, 2015 at 10:39 pm By Frank Weathers

Months and months ago, long before there was an inkling that Pope Benedict XVI would step aside, I came across this little book, titled simply I, Francis, in a used book store in my town. As I recall, it was a buck (or two) so I picked it up figuring it was a biography of the saint who turned the world on its head. To be quite honest, it sat under a stack of other books for a long time,... Read more

2015-02-20T10:23:31-05:00

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Because I’m a Contrarian

Last updated on: February 20, 2015 at 10:23 am By Frank Weathers

A while back, I mentioned that I am a contrarian. That fact, explained here in a post originally published May 14, 2010, is one of the reasons why I am Catholic. My wife can tell you that I am wired differently than most people. I tend to go against the crowd. Webster Bull wrote a post a while back called Because I am Usually Howling with the Mob. Not me. I tend to avoid mobs, crowds, and popular opinion. (more…) Read more

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2017-01-24T17:19:17-05:00

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California Attorney General Kamala Harris Performs First Same-Sex Marriage Ceremony Earlier Today…

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:19 pm By Frank Weathers

Since SCOTUS ruled that proponents of Proposition 8 did not have standing. The ceremony was between one of two couples whom successfully challenged the state’s Proposition 8 ban in court: Kris Perry and Sandy Stier. The normal 25 day waiting period was lifted when the 9th Circuit Court filing vacated a stay today and allowed the state to resume issuing same-sex marriage licenses. Roll clip, More details from the Bay Area affiliate of CBS News. Read more

2017-01-24T17:19:17-05:00

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California Attorney General Kamala Harris Speaking In Support of the SCOTUS Rulings…

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:19 pm By Frank Weathers

When the rulings came down, the flag went up at the CA AG’s website. Here is General Harris’s statement given during a presser. Roll clip, Her letter to Governor Brown can be read here. RELATED: Rebecca Hamilton on the role, and responsibilities, of an Attorney General. Read more

2015-04-01T09:02:08-05:00

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The Miraculous Incident of Balanced Media Coverage On Same-Sex Marriage…

Last updated on: April 1, 2015 at 9:02 am By Frank Weathers

This is the week when the Supreme Court will spill the beans on what will become of same-sex marriage in California, and perhaps in the entire country. Lots of folks are on pins and needles waiting for the decision that will be handed down. (more…) Read more

2015-02-04T09:07:01-05:00

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The Martyrdom of Sir Thomas More (For All The Saints) UPDATED

Last updated on: February 4, 2015 at 9:07 am By Frank Weathers

Not all Christians are hypocrites all the time. The proof of that statement resides in the Church Triumphant, specifically in the witness of the martyrs for the Faith. Yes indeed, the Communion of Saints is a treasure house of role models of redeemed fallenness. Take, for instance, St. Thomas More, patron saint of lawyers, martyr for religious freedom, whose Feast we celebrate today. (more…) Read more

2015-06-07T22:39:08-05:00

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Liberation Theology Gets the CDF Seal of Approval, and the Rich Act Different…Who Knew? UPDATED

Last updated on: June 7, 2015 at 10:39 pm By Frank Weathers

Says who? Says Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, that’s who. Now before you go off all half-cocked, like a lot of folks did when President Obama made remarks about segregationist tendencies in Northern Ireland (see Bill Donohue’s remarks, please), perhaps it would be prudent to consider some of Pope Francis’s remarks on one of our cultures’ favorite idols: Mammon. (more…) Read more

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2015-04-01T09:21:35-05:00

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Archbishop Chaput: “If laypeople don’t love their Catholic faith enough…nothing the bishops do will finally matter.”

Last updated on: April 1, 2015 at 9:21 am By Frank Weathers

Absolutely right. To think otherwise is foolish. It would be the same as thinking that only the Joint Chiefs of Staff are needed to do the fighting in a war. Who needs all those officers and enlisted folks carrying all the rifles, flying planes, and manning ships, doing the actual work? Sun Tzu knows that is ridiculous. (more…) Read more

2017-01-24T17:19:18-05:00

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Stephanie Slade Connects The Dots on the HHS Mandate…

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:19 pm By Frank Weathers

What follows is from her opinion piece in U.S. News & World Report. She explains how the HHS Mandate is just one more in a long line of First Amendment abuses by the current Administration. Lost for some people amid worries about National Security Agency surveillance practices, Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative organizations and Department of Justice investigations of journalists who dared to speak to government employees is another troubling example of inappropriate federal overreach – the Health and... Read more

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