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Mark Shea put me onto this chap. John Granger has for some years styled himself as “Hogwarts Professor”, and now has branched out into “Meyerology”, discussing the meaning of the Twilight series. If you are a fan of this series … Continue reading →

It is interesting, from the point of view of Catholic/Lutheran dialogue, to see that the Holy Father has based his Lenten Message for 2010 around Romans 3:21-25. Also interesting is that he does so in the context of a discussion … Continue reading →

There has been a lot of media attention given to the Holy Father’s address to the Bishops of England and Wales at their recent ad limina meeting with him. Less attention has been given to the address to those next … Continue reading →

Look what just arrived on my desk from the Book Depositry (A$22.95 – sorry Mary, the competition was too tempting!): The Manual of Indulgences is the only place you can get the 4th (1999) edition of the 1968 manual in … Continue reading →

“A Vatican official [Cardinal Kasper] has floated the idea of a shared “ecumenical catechism” as one of the potential fruits of 40 years of dialogue among Catholics, Anglicans, Lutherans, Methodists and members of the Reformed churches.” Discuss.

They tell me that the whole of the United States watches the Superbowl. So Focus on the Family decided to use it as a forum. I understand this costs megabucks. The message may be a little “unfocused”, but given that … Continue reading →

I thought it was just the Australian (principally Sydney) media who revelled in the constant rumours of a Vatican appointment for our beloved (or hated) George Cardinal Pell. But it seems from this John Allen piece in the US National … Continue reading →

Someone recently said to me (or did I read it somewhere?) that they can understand the cause of John XXIII and John Paul II and Mother Teresa being pushed along at the rate of knots because of popular veneration and … Continue reading →

As I was driving him into Melbourne from the airport, Mark Shea asked me, in order to confirm a theory of his that the Marian dogmas and devotions are the greatest hurdle for Protestant converts to the Church, whether this … Continue reading →

Joan of Arc’s “relics” turn out to be Egyptian mummies (including a cat)!