Some Catholic Things

I was watching a video from Word on Fire (Fr. Barron), and thought it was a useful explanation of the role of the Pope in the Catholic Church.  If you are not a Catholic (and, maybe, if you are/were), the authority of the Pope is not well understood.

Some non-Catholics think that we blindly follow every statement from the Pope (do those people KNOW any Catholics!), 

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An End to Same Sex Marriage...

The name, that is.  We who are traditionalists must STOP using that name (or, for convenience, the initials - SSM).

Instead, what we CAN do is to recognize the state-endorsed institution of SSU - Same Sex Union.

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Give It Up

for the Middle Eastern Christians.  There is a site that is raising money for them, by selling products with the Nasarene symbol (which is used by Muslims as a slur).

The products are ordered in groups of a minimum of 10 - I guess to promote wider awareness.  Here's the link.  They have those plastic rubber bracelets, zipper pulls, lapel pins, and car magnets.  They look pretty good for the money.