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Ever since seeing the David Wenham film “Molokai”, I have had a real soft spot for this saint, and am glad to see he made it to canonisation recently. There is an excellent article on St Damien on the Catholic … Continue reading →

Well. I was excited at first, but now am a little annoyed. The Vatican Website has started puting CTV video coverage of the Pope’s speeches etc. with the relevant document on their webpage. For example, see here, the speech that … Continue reading →

At least as far as the media is concerned. My wife and kids went to the inaugral “March for the Babies” here in Melbourne on Saturday morning. Unfortunately, I couldn’t join them – there was an unfortunate clash of scheduling … Continue reading →

I know that there are plenty of Lutheran pastors in the states who have “come out” as “evangelical catholics”, but Australian Luthero-Catholics (or should that be “Catholo-Lutherans”? The latter is my daughter’s favourite) are fairly thin on the ground. Thinner … Continue reading →

“Homo sapiens [are] a tiny twig on an improbable branch of a contingent limb on a fortunate tree.” — Stephen Jay Gould I came across this quotation today, and it chimed in with my thinking about the recent near-apocalyptic disasters … Continue reading →

As I reported earlier, the USCCB has made some changes to its Catechism and clarified its stance on Catholic dialogue with Jews in recent months. Now there is another development. According to the National Catholic Reporter, “U.S. Jewish leaders had … Continue reading →

“By their trousers you shall know them”. So wrote Australian author Thomas Kenneally of priests-in-mufti in his novel, Three Cheers for the Paraclete . The above picture is from the banner of the website of the Leadership Conference of Religious … Continue reading →

Well, not quite the “court”, but the Lutheran Church of Australia National Convention Reception on Saturday night, anyway. I was very happy to be invited with my Lutheran wife to this social occasion during the Lutheran’s national synod here in … Continue reading →

It’s not too late to join us for our final subject at Anima Education this year. Appropriately, as we come to the end of the year and the season All Saints, All Souls, Christ the King and Advent, we will … Continue reading →

An endearing quality of the Howard government was they didn’t actually do much. Chris Berg, “Meet the Nanny Spider”, The Sunday Age