Thomas More Law Center Wins Significant Pro-Life Victory in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

ANN ARBOR, MI - In what was a surprising decision to many court observers, a unanimous 3-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court decision yesterday, and affirmed the Constitutional rights of pro-life activists to display large graphic photos of aborted babies on public streets adjacent to Dodson Middle School [...]

Archbishop Burke goes to Rome: Catholic Media Coalition Applauds Appointment as Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

Editors Note: Fratres would like to thank Archbishop Burke for his faithful service in St. Louis and steadfast commitment to Catholic faith and morals as shepherd. I join my voice to those below… James Mary Evans
Members of a Catholic lay organization applauded the appointment of Archbishop Raymond Burke to a high Vatican post — full text [...]

Where is the Rhetoric Headed? Shaping Public Opinion by Stephanie Block

I won’t skate conspiracy theories so long as there are simpler explanations, but please examine the following articles, trolled from between December 2007 and February 2008. There were dozens and dozens of additional articles one might have chosen to demonstrate the same thing, but one grows weary and the point remains the same, namely that [...]

Fratres Sunday Mass Readings: Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 07.06.08

Reading 1
Zec 9:9-10
Thus says the LORD:
Rejoice heartily, O daughter Zion,
shout for joy, O daughter Jerusalem!
See, your king shall come to you;
a just savior is he,
meek, and riding on an ass,
on a colt, the foal of an ass.
He shall banish the chariot from Ephraim,
and the horse from Jerusalem;
the warrior’s bow shall be banished,
and he shall proclaim [...]

The Human Experience: movie review by Stephanie Block

Produced by Grass Roots films, “The Human Experience” explores human suffering and redemption with a true-life story. Worth watching.
I just had the pleasure of attending a screening of “The Human Experience” last night.  It’s a full-length, award-winning movie produced by the Catholic production company “Grassroots Films.” 
The movie opens with one of its characters – a [...]

The Hour Is Late… by Father John Corapi

I have been celebrating Mass at a local parish while the pastor is away the past few weeks. Many of the readings during that time concerned the prophets and their message and trials. I was moved to reflect once again on the prophetic dimension of our Baptism in Christ-Priest, Prophet and King. Several decades ago, [...]

Mary Through the Ages, Her Beauty Bespeaks the Beauty of God by Sylvie Barnay

For us she is the Mother of God. The centuries hail her as Queen of Heaven. The Gospels call her Mary. In the Middle Ages she was known as Nostra Signora (Our Lady), in more modern times Madonna (My Lady) and in the contemporary age, Immacolata (the Immaculate One).
Through the passing of time those [...]

Fratres Daily Mass Readings 03.03.08

Reading 1
Is 65:17-21
Thus says the LORD:
Lo, I am about to create new heavens
and a new earth;
The things of the past shall not be remembered
or come to mind.
Instead, there shall always be rejoicing and happiness
in what I create;
For I create Jerusalem to be a joy
and its people to be a delight;
I will rejoice in Jerusalem
and exult [...]

Fratres Daily Mass Readings 03.02.08

Reading 1
1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a
The LORD said to Samuel:
“Fill your horn with oil, and be on your way.
I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem,
for I have chosen my king from among his sons.”
As Jesse and his sons came to the sacrifice,
Samuel looked at Eliab and thought,
“Surely the LORD’s anointed is here before him.”
But [...]

A Democracy Cannot Violate The Most Elementary Rights: Interview with Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo

 VATICAN CITY, FEB 3 (ZENIT)
Interview with Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo 
Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family, has spent 10 years traveling to proclaim to the four corners of the world the most elementary human message: life is the greatest gift of all, and the family is the best place for [...]