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An important distinction. I have just had an “ahah!” moment while reading a comment from Tony in a combox to the post below. As the Holy Father said to the bishops of France just recently, the bishops of the Church … Continue reading →

I’ve seen it in a number of places, but most lately on Pete’s blog and on Louise’s blog. So eventually, I decided to waste a bit more time today and click on it. This is what you get:

Fraser’s blog on Juno reminded me that I haven’t said anything about a regular column my wife and I write for her parish newsletter “Inside Story” at St Paul’s Lutheran Church Box Hill. The column is called “Cathy and David … Continue reading →

This afternoon, Brian Coyne closed that infamous thread, and posted this apology on the Catholica Forum: Apology to David Schütz.. posted by Brian Coyne , LINDEN, NSW, 17.09.2008, 15:44 Dear all, The discussion that erupted in this place on David … Continue reading →

The Creative Minority Report (“We laugh because we believe”) carry’s this AFP report under the heading He Ain’t Nothing Special: Is it any wonder that nobody goes to Church in France anymore? Check out this obnoxious statement by a Cardinal … Continue reading →

Here are the last morsels to fall from the rich man’s table in France. Juicy bits. Yummy. Pope’s Reflection at Lourdes on Eucharist“We Cannot Be Silent About What We Know” [2008-09-15] Papal Homily at Mass With Sick“Mary Dwells in the … Continue reading →

We have a good and healthy dialogue relationship with the Uniting Church here in the Glorious See of Melbourne. But I am not sure whether to put this one (“New faith throws out the Ten Commandments”) under the category of … Continue reading →

Related to my recent blogging on the right to hold your own opinion, true freedom, and the motto of “sentire cum ecclesia”, is this statement from the U.S. Supreme Court (PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHEASTERN PA. v. CASEY, 505 U.S. 833 … Continue reading →

One of the charges laid against me by the editor and commentators over at that other place, is that by adopting the motto “Sentire Cum Ecclesia” (from St Ignatius Loyola meaning “to think with the Church”) I have become “subservient”. … Continue reading →

Well, I’ve thrown down the gauntlet, as Roy and H.G. would say, to Cliffy and Co. and bared all once again in two new entries on my Year of Grace retro-blog from my conversion journal of 2000-2001 (although why anyone … Continue reading →