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2015-03-30T23:26:20-05:00

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Lent And Holy Week (A Primer)

Last updated on: March 30, 2015 at 11:26 pm By Frank Weathers

First published on April 5, 2011, fast forward to the good parts. It’s Holy Week! We are officially past the half-way point of the Lenten Season. Before you know it, it will be Holy Week. As a convert who entered the Church on Holy Saturday in the Year of Our Lord 2008, I’ll never forget that experience. (more…) Read more

2017-01-24T17:20:30-05:00

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What Living the Christian Faith is Like, In a Nutshell…

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

Courtesy of Rumer Goddin’s opening paragraph from This House of Brede, (more…) Read more

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2017-01-24T17:20:30-05:00

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Papal History Being Made, Right Here, Right Now UPDATED

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

Today Pope Francis and the Pope Emeritus met at Castel Gandolfo. In terms of historically rare moments, it doesn’t get much better than this. (more…) Read more

2016-05-23T20:34:09-05:00

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For Your Lenten Friday Night at the Movies VI: “We Were Soldiers”

Last updated on: May 23, 2016 at 8:34 pm By Frank Weathers

This is the rare Lent were there will be seven movies (maybe I was skipping the first Friday before?), so we kind of have a bonus one. Tonight is the bonus film. It’s the war movie that I’ve never seen, based on a book I cursorily looked over back when I was in the Marines. (more…) Read more

2015-04-01T09:11:24-05:00

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In the Same-Sex Marriage Coverage, A Rare Example of Balanced Journalism

Last updated on: April 1, 2015 at 9:11 am By Frank Weathers

It’s been pretty tough for supporters of traditional marriage to be able to get their side of the story covered in the mainstream media. Richard Wolf of USA Today proves to be the exception to the rule, in his story published yesterday. I’ll get you started here, (more…) Read more

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2017-01-24T17:20:31-05:00

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You Never Know When the Pope Will Show Up and Say Mass…UPDATED

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

..if you are anywhere near Saint Martha’s House (Domus Sanctæ Marthæ), that is. This is one of those cases where the photographs arrive before the backstory*. He didn’t just sneak in and worship in the back row, though. He celebrated the Mass too… (more…) Read more

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2017-01-24T17:20:31-05:00

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The USSCB Says the HHS Mandate Violates First Amendment, Freedoms Of Religious Organizations UPDATED

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

Yesterday I shared a little update on what has been cooking on the HHS Mandate front, while we’ve been caught up in the Papal resignation, conclave, and installation. Thankfully, the good folks in the legal department of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops kept their eyes, and minds, glued to the chess board. Yesterday, they published a press release with a link to the public comment the Conference made to the latest iteration of the HHS Mandate “accommodation.” In... Read more

2017-01-24T17:20:32-05:00

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Pope Francis Calls Kiosk Owner in Buenos Aires To Cancel Paper Delivery

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

So, you’re getting tired of all the “the Pope is just a normal guy” stories? Well, Joe Six-Pack isn’t. Here is the latest one from the Catholic News Service, (more…) Read more

The Pope is a Regular Joe

2017-01-24T17:20:32-05:00

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BREAK: A Message From the Front Lines of “Operation Enduring Travesty” UPDATED

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

Joe Six-Pack, USMC (Ret.) here. You probably have never heard of the mission with that name. That’s understandable, as I just made it up, though the operation is ongoing, embarrassing, and tragic. “Operation Enduring Travesty” is what I call what is going on with the prisoners our nation has incarcerated at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, aka “GITMO.” (more…) Read more

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2017-01-24T17:20:33-05:00

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Pope Francis and Bartholomew I May Visit the Holy Land Together Next Year…UPDATED

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

More good news regarding relations with our Orthodox brethren. Nat da Polis, of AsiaNews shares it here. Vatican City (AsiaNews) – The ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople has invited Pope Francis to travel with him to the Holy Land next year to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the embrace between Patriarch Athenagoras and Paul VI, the pioneers of Catholic-Orthodox dialogue. (more…) Read more

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