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In a revision of the ancient rite, instead of the Holy Father placing the red zucchetto directly on the head of the new cardinal, a small rock is placed inside the zucchetto which is then hurled down onto the candidate’s … Continue reading →

What can you say? Students. Never did know their place. Always bucking against the status quo. Always claiming to know better than their elders. What has changed in the last 40 years? A lot. Here is the latest media release … Continue reading →

Yesterday there were two excellent sessions on ABC Radio National’s “Counterpoint” program: Climate change and Kyoto and Rights and social justice in Australia. The second of these is with Jim Franklin, the editor of the new collection of essays on … Continue reading →

Cheryl Lawrie, in Saturday’s Age (“Away with the Manger”), drags up that old furphy: Historians largely agree that the celebration of Christmas came about just after Constantine had made Christianity a recognised and privileged religion within the Roman Empire. Religious … Continue reading →

Just to show that We at Sentire Cum Ecclesia can be as gracious in matters of politics as we are in matters ecclesial, We extend our congratulations to the new primus inter pares of the Australian Parliament, Mr Kevin Rudd. … Continue reading →

Barney Zwartz has a version of Thursday night’s meeting in this morning’s paper (Catholics At War over Priest Crisis). War, Barney? That’s a bit strong, even for a journo trying to beat up a reason for getting a story on … Continue reading →

This was posted by Ray on the Cathnews in relation to the “Working for a Renewed Priestly Ministry” meeting on Thursday at the Camberwell Civic Centre. I thought it was worth sharing with a wider audience, so I’ve nicked it … Continue reading →

On the Cathnews DB, Craig asks the following questions: Why were there so few young people in attendance [at last night’s meeting re problem of the priest shortage]? If change is to be effected, it stands to reason that a … Continue reading →

Thanks for the comments on the last posting. In particular, thank you to Peregrinus and Samuel for providing two links, the first to the discussion on the Cathnews DB at http://members4.boardhost.com/cathtelecom/msg/1195800341.html and the second to an audio file of the … Continue reading →

This is just FYI. You remember that I referred to a public meeting coming up for supporters of “that petition”. It was held last night while I was at an important ecumenical meeting. I add no comments to this piece, … Continue reading →