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We Live On An Unusual Planet In An Unusual Solar System. That’s Two “Unusuals.”

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:20 pm By Frank Weathers

Yesterday, I was going on about the Sun. Today, Robert Krulwich, of NPR’s science desk, has a very interesting piece up today on a blog that is written and illustrated by him. It’s called, Our Very Normal Solar System Isn’t Normal Anymore. (more…) Read more

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An E-Mail Addressed To Me, But Which Is Really For Archbishop Myers

Last updated on: March 22, 2015 at 10:58 am By Frank Weathers

This note popped into my “in basket” this afternoon. It’s from a reader, whose identity I’ve scrubbed, and it explains why events like what happened in the Archdiocese of Newark, after the travail for more than a decade following the Long Lent of 2002, are so damaging to the Body of Christ. Read it and weep. (more…) Read more

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What’s The Sun Got To Do With That Weird Weather We’ve Been Having?

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:20 pm By Frank Weathers

I don’t know, but it’s completely out of our hands. Maddening, isn’t it? (more…) Read more

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To Help Fr. Pontifex Make An Album? Absolutely

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:20 pm By Frank Weathers

Before there was @Pontifex on Twitter, there was Father Pontifex, making music with the Spoken Word. (more…) Read more

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2017-01-24T17:20:09-05:00

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Like Only Nixon Could Go To China, Can Only Pope Francis Preach About The Devil?

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:20 pm By Frank Weathers

Show of hands, how many of you have you heard your parish priest mention the Devil in a homily? Pope Francis doesn’t seem self conscious, or embarrassed, about doing so. This excerpt is from yesterday’s Mass at Domus Sanctae Marthae, (more…) Read more

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Bishop O’Connell Accepts Resignations of Youth Ministers Who Enabled Fr. Fugee, And Of Parish Pastor UPDATED

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:20 pm By Frank Weathers

The tremors out of the Archdiocese of Newark can still be felt. The latest news concerns the termination of lay youth ministers, Michael and Amy Lenehan, longtime friends of Fr. Fugee Below is a copy of Bishop O’Connell’s e-mail to priests dated yesterday afternoon announcing the above developments. (more…) Read more

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Many News Organs Are Preaching To An Ever Shrinking Partisan Choir On Every Issue They Cover

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:20 pm By Frank Weathers

What could I possibly have seen that leads me to make such a conclusion? Data from a study done by Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), shared by the folks over at CARA (the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate). That’s where the neat graph above comes from. (more…) Read more

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A Bible Verse For All Fathers Of Teenagers To Memorize…

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:20 pm By Frank Weathers

You know, for when your kids roll their eyes when it’s time for you to hone them. (more…) Read more

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Why I’m Not Doing Victory Laps About the News Out Of Newark

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:20 pm By Frank Weathers

It’s pretty simple. Because everyone lost. (more…) Read more

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2017-01-24T17:20:11-05:00

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Archbishop Myers Accepts Resignation of Fr. Michael Fugee…

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:20 pm By Frank Weathers

Effective immediately. The news came earlier this evening, via The Star-Ledger’s Mark Mueller, The Roman Catholic priest at the center of a public furor enveloping Newark Archbishop John J. Myers has resigned from ministry, a spokesman for the archdiocese said tonight. (more…) Read more

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