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I guess that in the future we will have children in our state who will be very puzzled by the (increasingly) archaic celebration of Father’s Day. Especially since, with the passing of the Assisted Reproductive Treatment Act, children will be … Continue reading →

Doing some research for another project, I came across this from the Holy Father’s trip to Turkey in November 2006, in his Address to the Diplomatic Corps in Ankara: Turkey has always served as a bridge between East and West, … Continue reading →

Here’s a thought experiment. How many of you would be comfortable if the State were to recriminalise homosexual activity? Let us imagine a situation in which the punishment for the “crime” was imprisonment, not a fine or a hanging. While … Continue reading →

I am currently putting together our office’s “Bulletin”, a sort of Yearly Report of our activities. In connection with this, I reread the Holy Father’s address to representatives of other religions when he was here for World Youth Day. Here … Continue reading →

Finally at the end of a long comments discussion here, PE and I reach a point of agreement: First, he makes it clear that when he says “the Catholic Church is a preposterous and monstrous sham” he is not saying … Continue reading →

No, of course not – so please don’t get offended, Louise, your Eminence, Athanasius, Tom and all others who participated in (are still participating in?) the discussion going on here. But the only commentator who I didn’t engage with there … Continue reading →

Well, that was a surreal experience. I went directly from debating the merits (or mainly otherwise) of a “Confessional Catholic State” (see blog below) to a gathering where the Jewish community of Melbourne were gathered together with members of the … Continue reading →

Two regular SCM readers and quality bloggers in their own rights are Cardinal Pole and Louise.In response to this blog by His Eminence, Louise has suggested that “it should be pretty obvious by now that what we need is a … Continue reading →

Deary me. Another one sent to the stake by the New Inquisition of the New Orthodoxy. This time it’s poor old Rolf Harris – yes, he of the wobble-board and paintbrush fame. His crime? Questioning the New Orthodoxy on Indigenous … Continue reading →

You know that one of the philosophical projects we have had going on this blog for some time is to sort out the mystery of Past Elder’s (aka The Artful Dodger’s) ecclesiology. Well, deep down in the combox to the … Continue reading →