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As noted below, the Brumby government was getting very anxious that it might not be able to get its Assisted Reproductive Treatment Bill 2008 through the upper house. As Dr Nicholas Tonti-Filippini writes below, it seems that the effects of … Continue reading →

Its not a pretty picture, but (courtesy of Reuters) it shows that ecumenism has some way to go yet – and that unity among our Orthodox sisters and brothers is not all that it could be… See this report by … Continue reading →

In a combox to one of my posts on Fr Peter Dresser, Sharon posted this very relevant snippet from C.S. Lewis: “It is your duty to fix the lines (of doctrine) clearly in your minds: and if you wish to … Continue reading →

Okay, so it’s law now – but that doesn’t mean we can’t tell ’em we are “not happy”. Support this online petition by passing it on to your friends via email or your blog. (Nb. you might smile at the … Continue reading →

I’ve just discovered Tom Heneghan’s Reuter’s blog “FaithWorld”, which appears to be a real gold mine of news and information. Check out his complete interview with Cardinal Tauran on the dialogue with A Common Word at http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2008/11/10/cardinal-sees-possible-favoured-channel-in-dialogue-with-islam/2/

And you can take it as read that it is now on the official “banned” list, together with all the heretical opinions therein. As I commented earlier on this blog, since Fr Peter Dresser is a priest of the Diocese … Continue reading →

A Reuters article earlier in the year quoted “one Vatican official” as saying ““That’s just Tauran being Tauran.” Well, it appears that we have more “Tauran being Tauran” today, as the President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue made … Continue reading →

Fr Dresser could probably do no better than to read the Holy Father’s latest Catechesis on St Paul at last week’s General Audience. His topic: The Resurrection in St Paul. Here are some relevant tit-bits: The tradition to which he … Continue reading →

Andrew Rabel writes: Dear friends, A very deserving young Catholic man, who has a blog which I heartily recommend (American Papist), has entered a competition for student bloggers. The winner will be a awarded a college scholarship, enabling Tom to … Continue reading →

Me thinks not. Fr Dresser’s “Letter of Apology” published on Cathnews seems just to dig the whole deeper. Of course he is sorry for the pain which he caused, but it is hard to see how to square his statements … Continue reading →