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Okay. I had a day on my own today, and wanted to do something that was in no way related to work or study. So I put down JWC Wand’s “Doctors and Councils”, and Walter Brandmüller’s “Light and Shadows: Church … Continue reading →

It is our godson’s birthday today. Here is a pic of him with his father, the excellent Pastor Fraser Pearce.

While there is at least one diocese in Australia that still does not have a website (cf. Cooees in the Cloister), the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has just had a brand spanking new web-job done on their site. And in … Continue reading →

Fr Greg Blevins wrote to this morning saying: Just read you proposal for an elective monarchy in Australia. One thing I don’t understand: with a resident monarch, why have a Governor General? Ah, you see, this is the beauty of … Continue reading →

On his Extra Nos blog, LP Cruz has a post called “Same Same, but Different”. He is picking up on the posting of another Lutheran, one Steve Martin from the US, entitled “Too Religious?”. The question is: if Lutherans and … Continue reading →

Zenit reports: Pope Approves Cardinal Newman Miracle Recognizes Martyrdom of Dachau Victim, Spanish Priests VATICAN CITY, JULY 3, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Today, Benedict XVI authorized the promulgation of decrees recognizing miracles, martyrdom and heroic virtue in several causes for canonization. A … Continue reading →

Hardman Window has excelled himself in this posting on Cooees. Go there and have a good laugh!

Recently, in a comment, Cardinal Pole suggested that Catechisms are not binding magisterial documents. [Actually, as in the comment below, this was an error of recollection on my part. It was Kiran in dialogue with the Cardinal and not the … Continue reading →

While in Bendigo recently in the company of the excellent Fraser Pearce, we were indulging in two of my favourite pastimes simultaneously: talking theology and op-shopping. This took us to the local Salvo’s store, where we found a surprisingly good … Continue reading →

This report on the three-way opposition to legal abortion in England – from the Archbishops of Canterbury and Westminister and the Chief Rabbi of Great Britain – is proof that when it works, ecumenical action can be very beneficial in … Continue reading →