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Seems I wasn’t the only person to note that Ratzinger is repeating himself (perhaps he thinks we haven’t been listening? …Perhaps some of us haven’t…). John Allen has dubbed “Spe Salvi” a “Greatest Hits collection of core Ratzinger ideas”. See … Continue reading →

The discussion was getting bogged down on the post below, and Andrew pointed me to Gerald O’Collins “Christology”, which I have just retrieved from the library. By the way, that link that I have just given is to a review … Continue reading →

I was cantoring at Mass this morning in the Cathedral of St Patrick, and musing during the sermon on the colour of the Dean’s vestments. This led me to reflect on the old chestnut of “Blue/Violet/Purple” as the proper liturgical … Continue reading →

I am still working through the Holy Father’s latest Encyclical, Spe Salvi. There’s some really good stuff in the second half. I read a bit to my wife and she commented that the Pope has a way with language. But … Continue reading →

I am only about half way through reading the new encyclical, and so am a long way off offering deeper and overall reaction and analysis. At this point, I can say a couple of things only, the first is that … Continue reading →

This is the first of a series of comments on the papers of “that meeting” last week run by “Catholics for Ministry”. I thank the website managers for putting the full papers up. It is good that these opinions expressed … Continue reading →

A new terminology has entered the Liberal/Conservative split among Catholics, that of the “hermeneutics of Rupture/Continuity”. As is well known, Papa Benny himself introduced this new paradigm almost 2 years ago in reference to the interpretation of Vatican II in … Continue reading →

Peregrinus has begun a new series on Catholica on Religion and Science. I am generally with him on this one. I thought I might help out by pointing to several rather interesting mp3 audio files on Sonitus Sanctus on this … Continue reading →

The four presentations that were given at the “Catholics For Ministry” forum held last Thursday in Camberwell Town Hall (by Paul Collins, Marilyn Hatton, Terry Curtin, and Anne O’Brien) are now on the “Catholics for Ministry” Website. You can read … Continue reading →

Yes, I know you all know that Pope Benedict’s second encyclical Spe Salvi will be released on Friday (actually, probably that means late Friday night early Saturday for us here in the Antipodes), but I couldn’t let the next few … Continue reading →