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I belong to that category of people who have never in their life bought a coffee from Starbucks. I prefer to make my own (drop into the office someday and we can chat over brew from my desktop espresso machine) … Continue reading →

Amazing! A Catherine Deveny column with no sneering! I am coming to think that, like a little child, all Deveny really wants is to know that she is loved. The Age, like a good grandparent, will no doubt indulge her … Continue reading →

1968. What a year. I was there, but thankfully my protestant parents had never even considered using artificial contraception, and so, here I am 42 years later blogging about something which at the time might have meant I might never … Continue reading →

(Picture from Sydney Morning Herald) Here are links to audio and texts of four of Benedict XVI’s homilies at World Youth Day (thanks to Fr Z at WDTPRS.com). Down load them and listen to them again and again! Burn them … Continue reading →

Neuhaus reflects in his most recent First Things column reflects as follows: Of course cloning is morally prohibited, but just imagine the difference it would make if there were, say, two dozen or more Archbishop Chaputs. Chaput is indeed “good … Continue reading →

There is an entry on Lito’s blog repeating a statement in a combox from Mild Colonial Boy on his blog where someone dared to challenge him to “come home” to Rome (ROTFL!). This is the comment: Sir, Going back to … Continue reading →

…but we can’t. Last night’s episode of Compass on ABC TV (the second of two programs obviously designed to nip in the bud any positive feelings about the Catholic Church that might possible have sprouted up in Australian soil due … Continue reading →

A lot of folk commented during the Holy Father’s visit that “Catholics treat the Pope like God.” Noooo…. not exactly. As Pastor Pearce pointed out to an evangelical friend recently, we treat him like St Peter. The difference was obvious … Continue reading →

Cardinal Diaz didn’t aim directly at the problems of the Anglican communion in his address to the Anglican Bishops at Lambeth. But he sure made a few pointed remarks and overall pitched the tone of his address towards hard-bitten, dinky-di … Continue reading →

I boldly put this bald question to the President of the Victorian District of the Lutheran Church of Australia at a gathering yesterday. Not half an hour later, someone asked it of me. I wasn’t meaning the unity of all … Continue reading →