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The following learned opinion was offered by Dr William Tighe in a com-box of a previous posting. It is such a useful and well worded statement that I wish it to be recorded here for all posterity. In the future, … Continue reading →

(HT to Sonitus Sanctus)

After seeing on last night’s news some misreporting on this event, I prepared the following statement for our Ecumenical and Interfaith Newsblog and our Commission mailing list. I was ably assisted in this by Andrew Rabel’s column in Inside the … Continue reading →

A small but enjoyable blognic last night in Melbourne. Pictured below are Lutherans Pastor Fraser Pearce and Stewart (who, with me and Cathy, is Godfather to Fraser’s son Daniel), Catholics Joshua and Justin, and Anglican Clare (a last minute addition … Continue reading →

Happy Australia Day to all my fellow Australians. It’s almost over, but it was a wonderful day. After attending morning mass for the local “Solemnity” the national day (Timothy and Titus got bumped to last Friday), my family and I … Continue reading →

Reading in the papers the last few days, I must say I was very happy with many of the new President’s first moves – especially in relation to Gaza and the middle east. But the other side of the coin … Continue reading →

How cool is this! Fresh on the heels of Monty Python, the Holy See (with a little help from their friends at Vatican Radio and Centro Televisivo Vaticano) has launched its own YouTube channel at: www.youtube.com/vaticanit. AND – streets ahead … Continue reading →

Yesterday, I read this in our morning edition of The Age: “Pope clears right-wing bishops: One of Four is a Holocaust Denier” (the subtitle isn’t on the web edition – I’ll get to that in a moment). Saturday’s report was … Continue reading →

I was knocking about on Orrologion’s blog, and I came across some entries with regard to the Lutheran correspondence with Patriarch Jeremias II in the 16th Century. It is a fascinating episode in history, and the Augsburg Confession in Greek … Continue reading →

Having virtually no other avenue of protest, I would simply like to register the fact here that I have REPEATEDLY been frustrated by the Telstra “help” line. This isn’t the first time, but today I once again spent a hour … Continue reading →