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I said in a post below that I had been led to believe the new Abortion Law Reform Bill only aimed at allowing abortions up to 24 weeks. Where did I get that impression? From poorly reported media stories, such … Continue reading →

OK, class, here’s your task for today. Compare and critique these two headlines for the same story: 1) “Abortion laws threaten Catholic hospitals” (The Australian) 2) “Archbishop in abortion law threat” (The Age) Questions: 1) Who or what is “under … Continue reading →

Compare The Age poll mentioned in the blog below to the poll being run in the Herald Sun: There the question is somewhat more moderate, although it is asking much the same thing and from the positive angle of the … Continue reading →

Thanks to Jeff (in the combox to the previous post) for alerting me to the poll at The Age. The question is: “Should Catholic Hospitals be forced to comply with the new abortion laws?” (Please note: The Bill is not … Continue reading →

In the combox to my posting of Archbishop Hart’s pastoral letter below, Louise using colourful language suggests that His Grace should “tell Caesar to get %$#@*^ed and threaten to shut down Catholic hospitals.” Well, in effect that is exactly what … Continue reading →

“We should abandon the notion of history as a court eternally in session.” – Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi, in response to the question whether the Catholic church should posthumously apologize to Darwin, as a senior British prelate has suggested the Church … Continue reading →

To help you out and to make addressing your letters to Upper House MPs, I have posted this excel sheet of names and addresses on our website here. It makes it much easier to do mail merge!

In a pastoral letter to all parishes in the Archdiocese of Melbourne yesterday, our Pastor-in-Chief, Archbishop Denis Hart, has declared October 5th to be a Day of Prayer for the Defeat of the “Abortion Law Reform Bill”. I was going … Continue reading →

Local religion sleuth, Barney Zwartz, uncovered the story of the “new faith” being peddaled by Rev. Francis Macnab, the “minister for life” of St Michael’s Uniting Church here in the city of Melbourne. This excited some discussion in my circles. … Continue reading →

Once football starts to appear on both the front and back covers of the newspapers, you know it is time to pull down the shutters, burrow into the bunker and declare your Blog (your office, your car, your home – … Continue reading →