that is in response to the Pope's shitting all over dear leader

consequences if you diss his boss.

The dingus from the Catholic League is another matter

returns to its proper axis?

Or a butt of malmsey.

That being said, Catholics don't celebrate Mass on Good Friday. It's not allowed.

I've been an ex-catholic for almost 60 years -- I'm now 88.

you are referring to is likely either the Stations of the Cross or the Three Hours' Agony.

But there is a Mass-like liturgy service as well, which can be performed at several different times (morning, midday, evening, etc) depending on the parish. That is functionally a Mass (there are readings and prayers and Holy Communion) and would look so to anyone not steeped in Catholic doctrine and practice, but technically not a Mass since consecration of the Eucharist is omitted -- and that few minutes of the service is what defines a Mass. Instead sufficient surplus Eucharist has been consecrated on Thursday to last the parish through until Easter morning. Still, it is a Mass-like event with a congregation and a priest in a church, with reading and prayers and Communion, lasting a normal-ish Mass-time.

From the end of Holy Thursday's Mass to Paschal Vigil Mass (Saturday night) there is no Mass, or it is said that the Thursday Mass does not end until the Easter Vigil Mass.

There can be a few different services on Friday, including the "Mass" of the pre-sanctified Hosts, but no actual Mass. But yeah, the crazy Protestants like Hegseth hates Catholics, moreso than atheists. And of course, this also is pettiness towards Pope Leo, and an insult to Catholics; but hey, that is part of the programme.

I see someone mentioned the present vice-president. His "Catholicism" is very suspect, and if it is a choice about being a repuke or a Christian, it will always be as a repuke rebuking Catholic Christianity.

POS

he leaves (?) office.

keep that fucking crap in church

Separation of Church and State, that support doesn't, and in keeping with its own rules, shouldn't entail gratuitously insulting a particular faith or religion in general...Keep that fucking crap in the Atheists forum.

religion does more to divide people than ANYTHING else on earth

FUCK atheism

Are we 'even' now?

I have NEVER claimed to be an ATHEIST

FUCK RELIGION

FUCK RELIGION FUCKING!

FUCK FUCKING RELIGION

over and OUT

Armageddon and End Times theology, Protestants and Evangelicals are among them. The same people that elected Trump. Hegseth has a giant Crusader cross tattooed on his chest, and 'Deus Vult', the Crusader battle cry, tattooed on his bicep.

if (IF!) it comes from someone trying to justify this move. The speaker's purpose matters when deciding how to respond to such a statement -- it could also be said by somebody being pedantic for the purpose of clarity in discussion, or by a well meaning person passing on what they have heard/read even though it is misleading and readily misused to ill purpose.

Unless you are well versed or deeply invested in Christian theology, the matter is one of those distinctions without a difference. Your little old lady neighbor who goes to 8AM Mass seven days a week is still going to her church on Good Friday morning. And if you went with her on that Good Friday morning, and you were not a practicing Catholic, you'd probably not spot that it wasn't technically a Mass.

It's like someone saying that I didn't cook dinner tonight because I prepared a Cobb salad.

and marching bands and choirs. if they're not killing they gotta go

fat, bearded, female, non white, not protestant... this church aint for you.

Wednesday was the start of Passover (which was the Last Supper Jesus ate) and I doubt he noticed, knew, or cared.

Why not just adopt the colony of Maryland's law that anyone that didn't worship Jesus was guilty of treason and could be executed, but also add a rider saying that if the leader of a religion that worships Jesus is in another country, they get sentenced to life at hard labor until they see the error of their ways?

Wait. . .didn't that already happen once someplace between 1932-1945?