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The Vision 2020 Summit meeting (which, if nothing else, proved how lucky we are not to live under a system of “direct democracy”) apparently came up with the idea that First, there will be a vote to ask the electorate … Continue reading →

Pope to Bishops in the US: This is aggravated by an individualistic and eclectic approach to faith and religion: far from a Catholic approach to “thinking with the Church”, each person believes he or she has a right to pick … Continue reading →

In the combox to the blog below, I insisted that unity is as important as orthodoxy in the Church. Past-Elder responded by saying: “That’s what makes Catholicism Catholicism — anything is allowed except leaving the family, like a spiritual Mafia. … Continue reading →

Thanks to Jeff Mirus of Trinity Communications, the guy behind the Catholic Culture website for this list of links to all the statements that Pope made during his US visit. Very handy for those of us still catching up. On … Continue reading →

What on earth is the matter with our Evangelical bros. and sists. in Sydney? Don’t they get it that World Youth Day will be the biggest evangelistic event since sliced bread was baptised? Or is it that they can’t quite … Continue reading →

Thanks to Peter for sending through the link to this post on Godzdogz. The Domincano has it exactly right.

I don’t know about you, but I can barely keep up with all the news and reading material coming out of the Papal Visit to the US. No, I will admit it, I haven’t kept up at all. It will … Continue reading →

I arrived home at 11:45pm last night after four great “parties” in a row. Here is the story: Party One: The (mostly) Melbourne (mostly) Catholic Bloggers Get-together.Location: My office.Time: 4pmAttendees: Joshua of Psallite Sapienter (the excuse for the Get-together as … Continue reading →

You might like to take a look at these photos from John and Peter Casamento, the father and son team who record most of the Archdiocesan events (Page one here and page two here). When I complemented h8m and his … Continue reading →

There was an interesting discussion on the Philosophers Zone a month or so back on the perils of translation in philosophy. We theologians are familiar with the problem, and often share much the same complaints. But then there came this … Continue reading →