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2017-01-24T17:20:52-05:00

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Pope Benedict XVI’s Title After Retirement Revealed…

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

The speculation is over. (more…) Read more

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German Bishops: Emergency Contraception in Case of Rape is Licit if the Pill Doesn’t Induce Abortion UPDATED

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

As best as I can make out between two years of high school German and Google Translate, the bishops in Germany basically said that this decision was made in consultation with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and the Pontifical Academy for Life. (more…) Read more

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2017-01-24T17:20:53-05:00

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Your Blogger is on the Wrong Side of Public Opinion, Just Like G.K. Chesterton

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

Just an F.Y.I. Good news, though. The Church is on the right side of history. She always has been, and always will be. Of course, that is because the Church is like Noah’s Ark, and therefore constructed to ensure our salvation. (more…) Read more

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Nine U.S. Senators Say Hobby Lobby Is Protected from the HHS Mandate By Law

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

And a couple of Representatives from the House too. And which law might that be? The Religious Freedom Restoration Act, signed into law way back in 1993 by President Bill Clinton. The Becket Fund has the details, (more…) Read more

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Making the Connection Between the Pill and Water Pollution

Last updated on: January 6, 2015 at 8:42 pm By Frank Weathers

So what does a playwright, TV writer, and author know about water pollution and heightened levels of estrogen in our drinking water? I’m glad you asked. Way back in 2009 (practically the Stone Age), Susan Kim opined on her Huffington Post blog that, Obviously, much of this pollution occurs as a result of routine manufacturing and commercial farming. Yet we can’t ignore the fact that another potent source of estrogen pollution in our water comes from our love of the... Read more

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Italian Cardinal: Cardinal Mahony Could Be Asked to Skip Conclave

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

The Cardinal Mahony story just got bigger than the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Here’s what the Washington Post shared earlier today, VATICAN CITY — The controversy over Cardinal Roger Mahony’s vote in the conclave that will elect a new pope has now reached the Vatican, with at least one cardinal musing aloud that the former archbishop of Los Angeles should consider staying home. (more…) Read more

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Voting Has Opened in the 2013 About Catholicism Readers’ Choice Awards

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

And you can even vote for me, kind of. This just in… (more…) Read more

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2017-01-24T17:20:55-05:00

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A Papal Candidate That Hails from the Dagobah System?

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

I knew Yoda was a Catholic! He finally got out of that Manichaean slump that was keeping him down. 🙂 H/T Tony Rossi and Fr. Michael Duffy. Read more

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Cardinal Mahony? Before You Head to Rome, We’d Like to Ask You A Few Questions

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

Harriet Adams of the Los Angeles Times notes that, Judge clears way for Mahony deposition in sex abuse case Before Cardinal Roger Mahony boards a plane for Rome to help elect the next pope, he will be questioned under oath about his handling of clergy sex abuse cases. (more…) Read more

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2017-01-24T17:20:56-05:00

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Dear Politicians, Media Elites, Etc., The Catechism Has Got Your Number

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

There’s a big green book that’s the size of a dictionary that I’ve been reading this year. It’s the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and if it weren’t for Matthew Warner and his Read the Catechism in a Year program, I’d be a lot more ignorant about things that are happening in the news that relate to my faith. (more…) Read more

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