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All that one can say is that it was expected. Here are two responses to the ACBC censure of Bishop Geoffrey Robinson’s book “Confronting Sex and Power in the Church”. The first is from the author himself circulated on the … Continue reading →

Metropolitan John of Pergamum is a very interesting character. He is co-president of the joint commission for Orthodox-Catholic dialogue, a job he took over from our local Bishop Ezekiel. He has written many interesting essays and books, including this one … Continue reading →

For those of you following my “Year of Grace” Conversion Retro-Blog, I have posted a new entry.

I am participating in this Colloquium on the first evening (July 8) presenting on the topic of Purgatory in Spe Salvi. It looks like a good program!

I found this fascinating, and you might too if you are interested in such things. It comes from the May 13 edition of Zenit, in Fr Edward McNamara’s liturgy column: Q: I noticed that the Holy Father is carrying a … Continue reading →

It was once just an argument between academics (Cardinals though they were), but in his sermon at Pentecost, Joseph Ratzinger was able to have the final word, incorporating his side of the argument into the magisterium of the Church: The … Continue reading →

Finally we are getting somewhere. In the combox to his apologia below, PE wrote: In fine, the post conciliar church was false because it was a disconnect with the pre conciliar church, which in turn must be false because it … Continue reading →

Here it is, from a combox to one of the posts below. We challenged PE to give his reasons for why he continually states that the Catholic Church is not the Church,and here is his reply. We invite your conversation … Continue reading →

If I had been listening to live radio this morning, I would have had warning about the fire blocking Boronia Rd and the overturned truck blocking Springvale Rd and I would have gotten to work an hour early. Instead, I … Continue reading →

Still in the Sunshine State, it is hard to credit this morning’s news that the Student Union of the University of Queensland has put the campus Newman Society on “probation” for distributing and displaying pro-life, pro-women material. “I know the … Continue reading →