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Today is the 228th birthday of the United States of America… And the 38th birthday of Fric. Happy birthday to us. 🙂

The subject of ecumenism rears its head this past week. Normally, this is a subject I approach with some queasiness, because it seems in this country it means we Catholics give up what makes us Catholic to make friends with those who have no interest in being united with us in the faith… No matter…

Well, the weekend is here and it’s time to catch up. As I said last week, I will be blogging mostly on the weekends it seems until the end of July. The plus side of that is that the Fric household is getting some nice coin coming in for a while. 🙂 And Mrs. Fric…

WARNING!!!!!! I kind of went on a tear with the blogging. There are a few long posts below, so make sure you have time. They are good. I am pleased with the content and I want you to read them. Just be warned. 🙂

KY Bishops Take Different Stances on Controversy As some of you may know, we Maniacs live in the Archdiocese of Louisville. We are about an hour or so from Lexington. Bishop Gainer in Lexington has come down on the “don’t receive” side of this debate. While he has not out and out said to deny…

Anglicans have always liked to contend that they are the 3rd branch of Catholicism, the other two being Roman and the Orthodox churches. There are two problems with this idea. The first is that there cannot be branches of a single Church not acting in union with the other two. Can three separate branches of…

… You’re not really surprised are you? The Froggy Parliament is considering a bill that would criminalize sexist and homophobic speech. And Teddy has apparently introduced a bill in the Senate that is similar. Now I know Teddy isn’t exactly a “good” Catholic… Nor is France exactly the defender of the faith it was 500…

Steve K. is the author of Sex and the Sacred City, a great little book on John Paul’s Theology of the Body. He is the pre-eminent expert I know of on issues of sexuality, marriage and the Church. He has written an awesome blog entry about how Christians basically lost the wars against divorce, abortion,…

Seems like there’s a lot going on this week. Stuff to comment on and talk about. I’m surprised the rest of the Maniacs haven’t picked up the slack this week. Especially Guvnur. 🙂 Just off the top of my head… A priest in Canada is running for office and seems to be pro-abort. His statements…

Hey everyone… Just an FYI that I am on site on a contract and will have precious little time for a lot of blogging over the next 6 weeks or so. I’ll probably try to catch up on weekends if nothing else. So that means that Deacon, Guvnur and HeathenBoy must take up the slack…