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I am very glad to be working as a Catholic in interfaith relations. We at least have a reasonably clear theology that guides us in these matters. Lutherans don’t, I guess in part because interfaith dialogue was light years away … Continue reading →

I have just finished reading to my children “Joseph and Chico”. It is quite good–and certainly the children enjoyed the story. But, although I hate to be a spoil sport, my professional opinion as a librarian did kick in a … Continue reading →

Over the last few years, I have been visited a number of times by representatives from both the Scientologists and the Moonies (although the latter go under a whole range of names). They’re nice people, and earnestly desiring to be … Continue reading →

My wife is watching an old episode of Doc Martin. I overheard this conversation: Old lady: Is it bad? Doc Martin: It could be lung cancer. Why do smokers always think that they will be one of the lucky ones, … Continue reading →

You might have heard it somewhere else first, but I heard it just tonight from Bishop Peter Elliot after the Cross and Icon mass. The Melbourne Anglicans, in an uncharacteristic display of unity and solidarity with their brethren and sistern … Continue reading →

And the Schütz-Beatons were on hand to welcome it as it was received at St Patrick’s at a special mass this evening presided over by our great Archbishop +Denis (a man who really knows how to preside!). But more surprising … Continue reading →

Well, it was inevitable that eventually someone would say something, and now our own Australian equivalent of Cardinal Kasper has said it: Ordination for women is a doctrinal issue, not just a practical issue for us. And the ordination of … Continue reading →

No-one who knows Kay Goldsworthy would question her spiritual, intellectual, pastoral or administrative capacity for episcopal ministry. So writes Rev. Dr Charles Sherlock, an Anglican theologian for whom I have the greatest respect, in Eureka Street. I do not know … Continue reading →

“Is that true, or did you just read it in the Times?” I have said it before, and will say it again, if you read something about “The Vatican” in The Times, it is probably only rumours and myths and … Continue reading →

In case I haven’t made it clear enough in posts below, “purity” of doctrine vs unity of the Church is not a Catholic option. It is a “both/and”, as is so often the case in the Catholic Church, rather than … Continue reading →