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It is with great sadness, but with thanks for the gracious love of our Almighty God, that we learn of the death of our beloved father in the faith, Richard John Neuhaus. First Things Editor John Bottum writes: Our great, … Continue reading →

In discussing the story of the toddler artist in The Age and questions of fraud and hoax and pranks, we have acknowledged that sometimes “hoaxes” can serve a good purpose. I agree – but not if they set out intentionally … Continue reading →

A friend referred me to a recently published essay by Jesuit Fr John A. Coleman, Professor of Social Values at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles and a Visiting Scholar in Perth where he holds the St Thomas More College Chair … Continue reading →

According to media ethical commentators, it is just another one of those irregular verbs: I set up a hoax, you are the victim of a fraud, everyone has a good laugh. But I feel profoundly uncomfortable about the story revealed … Continue reading →

(Warning: HUGE LONG blog.) I had an enjoyable meeting and lunch with a separated brother yesterday (with whom I felt a great deal LESS “separation” than with some of my brethren and sistern with whom I am in full communion!) … Continue reading →

Following the publication of my most recent letter to the editor of the The Age, I returned home from holidays to find a letter waiting in my mail box. It was a page out of the MCV News (a local … Continue reading →

One of the reasons that I put off answering Brian Coyne’s insistent requests that I give a comprehensive defense of the dictum after which this blog is named (“Sentire Cum Ecclesia”) is that I knew that sooner or later I … Continue reading →

This is the “Fractured Christmas Carol” written by my daughters. Sung here by Sprog Minor. (Fraser Pearce’s 2 year old daughter provides a bit of harmony half way along).

That’s Louise’s question in response to yet another silly article (this time from a journalist at The Australian) on the Holy Father’s Address to the Curia (still not in English on the Vatican Website: check here). “These people” include not … Continue reading →

Cooees Priory provided this link to the article by the Telegraph’s Damian Thompson on his Holy Smoke blog concerning rumours about the post of Archbishop of Westminster. Given what I said recently in a blog about believing rumours you read … Continue reading →