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I realised today that Pastor Weedon had asked me a question which I hadn’t followed up concerning the practice of abstinence and the “distinction of foods”. He said in the combox: I know the diff between abstinence and fasting, but … Continue reading →

This is hilarious.Check out the whole set at the Shrine of Holy Whapping.

Okay folks. Enough overload for now. I will leave you with this wonderful picture of the man Rocco Palmo likes to call “Fluffy”, and we know and love simply as Papa Benny. Thanks to Rocco, from whose pages I nicked … Continue reading →

I mentioned Bishop Robinson’s “song and dance” in a previous blog. I recall the title now: “Confronting Power and Sex in the Catholic Church: Reclaiming the Spirit of Jesus“. I have been aided in my recollection by a rather johnny-come-lately … Continue reading →

Grrr. (Sound of grinding teeth…) Elizabeth Harrington is at it again in her latest column. The issue silence (or the lack of it) in the Church before and after mass. Elizabeth writes: A lady rang me recently seeking advice on … Continue reading →

Yes, well, as a matter of fact, I am. How did you guess? Oh, sorry, its a book title, and I (or at least someone called “David Shultz”) have been invited to the launch. John Garratt Publishing (those responsible for … Continue reading →

More on the so-called “Earth Hour“. The Age and Sydney Morning Herald (sponsors of Earth Hour) are patting themselves on the back for a “job well done”. Pity that Mediawatch doesn’t get onto them, or at least someone report on … Continue reading →

Did your household do “Earth Hour”? Ours did. But not after your correspondent was chastised for being cynical by pointing out that turning of the lights for one hour would do nothing at all to the level of Greenhouse gas … Continue reading →

For those following my “conversion blog” at Year of Grace, I have added two new posts.

Dr William Tighe asked in the combox to the last post: Is this the same Bishop Bishoy that delivered that wonderful, and wonderfully explicit, denunciation of women’s “ordination” (WO) and the “blessing” of homosexual “partnerships” to the General Synod of … Continue reading →