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Not just monarchists, but all Victorians should be a little taken aback at the way the Victorian Attorney General (and Acting-Premier to boot) is carrying out his Republican agenda without consultation with The People and radically rewriting our legal procedure. … Continue reading →

I do not like Mr Steve Kellmeyer’s approach to teaching church history. I picked up his Church History series a while ago when it was going free on Bridegroom Press, and have only just gotten around to listening to it. … Continue reading →

Well. This takes the biscuit. What on earth is one to make of this story reproduced in Cathnews today: Dilemma over communion for Rudd Published: December 16, 2009 The chaplain and sisters at the Blessed Mary MacKillop’s Chapel in Sydney … Continue reading →

Recently I posted on the matter of complaining about liturgical abuses. Several people commented on the fact that the complaint should be proportional to the seriousness of the abuse. Let’s test that. I have complained before about the routine dropping … Continue reading →

Sorry about the long absence. Organising much of the Melbourne Archdiocese’s participation in the Parliament of the World’s Religions left me knackered, to use a good ol’ Aussie-Brit expression. Well, there is another long absence that I found myself idly … Continue reading →

Cathnews carried a link to this article by Bishop Kevin Manning of Parramatta: “Take the plank out of your own eye first”. The article is short and merit reading and reflection. Oddly, it corresponds with a conversation I had yesterday … Continue reading →

Dear Readers, You can imagine why you haven’t heard a lot from me in recent days – the Parliament of the World’s Religions has hit town. I might get a chance to do a little blogging on this on Monday … Continue reading →

I was at a Council for Christians and Jews meeting on Sunday (guest speaker, Rabbi David Rosen – very interesting!), when I made a comment to the gentleman sitting next to me about the Parliament about to begin tomorrow night. … Continue reading →

Statement from the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference November 27, 2009 Anglicanorum Coetibus At its November Plenary meeting, the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference discussed and welcomed the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus of Pope Benedict XVI, providing for Personal Ordinariates for Anglicans … Continue reading →

Of course, this is the well known title of the book by Joanna Bogle (click the picture to go to the Google books page). But never was a truer word spoken. We Catholics are not under any illusions about how … Continue reading →