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HT to Cooees. Here is the Letter from Cardinal Mahony denying permission to speak in LA archdiocese. The Cardinal does not sound happy. Anyone know if Robinson went ahead anyway? I mean, what was Mahony going to do? Call the … Continue reading →

Great stuff happening at the parish of St Benedict in Burwood, 299 Warrigal Rd, here in Melbourne. The Missionaries of God’s Love, a charismatic new Australian order, have the care of the parish, and their (bursting) seminary is there too. … Continue reading →

But not to Stephen Crittenden. Mr Crittenden might well learn a thing or two about getting people to accept his demands that they appear on his show by listening to John Cleary’s interview of Australia’s youngest bishop and Director of … Continue reading →

Cathy and I celebrated our wedding anniversary on the weekend, staying overnight in the city. We went to 11am mass at St Patrick’s Cathedral and were treated to the regular liturgical and musical excellence that takes place there for the … Continue reading →

All that one can say is that it was expected. Here are two responses to the ACBC censure of Bishop Geoffrey Robinson’s book “Confronting Sex and Power in the Church”. The first is from the author himself circulated on the … Continue reading →

Metropolitan John of Pergamum is a very interesting character. He is co-president of the joint commission for Orthodox-Catholic dialogue, a job he took over from our local Bishop Ezekiel. He has written many interesting essays and books, including this one … Continue reading →

For those of you following my “Year of Grace” Conversion Retro-Blog, I have posted a new entry.

I am participating in this Colloquium on the first evening (July 8) presenting on the topic of Purgatory in Spe Salvi. It looks like a good program!

I found this fascinating, and you might too if you are interested in such things. It comes from the May 13 edition of Zenit, in Fr Edward McNamara’s liturgy column: Q: I noticed that the Holy Father is carrying a … Continue reading →