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John Allen has an interesting column following up his previous discussions about “Evangelical Catholicism” (of which, if they had cards, I would count myself as a card-carrying member!). He interviews the very well spoken of (I am thinking of comments … Continue reading →

One difficulty with the blog format is that blogs cannot easily hold conversations with one another. Comboxs flow on from a particular thread, and if you have a blog, you want that thread to be on YOUR blog, not your … Continue reading →

For a man who never enjoyed being the centre of attention, I can imagine that our good friend felt particularly awkward in this situation. I hardly dare to suggest a caption competition… (HT to Cooees)

That’s the question John Allen poses in an interesting analogy between the current state of Christian/Muslim dialogue and “the early days of computing”, when it was considered “the rarefied pursuit of experts typing in strings of DOS commands to run … Continue reading →

The news is that the only American priest ever to have been made a cardinal without being elevated to the ranks of the episcopate will turn 90 on the 24th of August. This is the man whom the Holy Father … Continue reading →

Should terminally ill people (ie. people who will die in less than 9 months) have sex (of the good, ol’ fashioned, non-safe, un-protected, could-make-babies kind)? Or more specifically, should terminally ill women do this? I simply ask because I was … Continue reading →

Again, for those interested, here is the link to the homily I gave at St Patrick’s Catholic Church in Murrumbeena on Thursday at an ecumenical service for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. The title is “Grass Roots Ecumenism … Continue reading →

I was asked to write an article on “The Unity of God in Christian Doctrine” for the next issue of a local interfaith dialogue journal called “Dialogue Asia-Pacific”. For those of you interested, here is a preview.

Cathy and I are real fans of Margaret and David. To the point of imitation. We have our own monthly column in her parish newsletter called “Cathy and David At the Movies”… Anyway, tonight’s program was good. Margaret and David … Continue reading →

These three ugly fellows (Reader: You can talk, Schutz!) were my companions in recent days at the 2008 JCMA (Jewish Christian Mulsim Association of Australia) Conference. They are Dave Moskovitz (a Jewish New Zealander), John D’Alton (Antiochian Orthodox Priest, preivously … Continue reading →