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I like to chose titles to my blog that whet your curiosity… In discussing the question “Do Muslims and Christians worship the same God?”, I personally like to use the example of the way two different people, a progressive and … Continue reading →

We have been critical of Elizabeth Harrington’s columns in the past, but as I said even then, she often has good points in her column. This week’s column on the respect and sacred significance of the altar is in fact … Continue reading →

There is a terrific essay by Bishop Peter Elliot on the Adoremus website called “Liturgical Translation: a Question of Truth”, that is well worth reading. I note only one point where he speaks of the way in which the modernist … Continue reading →

Thank you for those who contributed to the discussion in the post below on the Ravenna Document. Thank you too to those who pointed to the Ochlophobist’s blog on the matter (drinking wine together is never a bad thing in … Continue reading →

I have just finished working through the latest document to issue from the Joint International Commission for the Theological Dialogue Between the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church, the so-called “Ravenna Document”, on the topic of “Ecclesiological and Canonical … Continue reading →

Promoting Reverence, the Sacred and Beauty in Catholic Liturgy Solemn Mass in the Modern Form/Use of the Roman Rite (Novus Ordo)“ad orientem”, in Latin with Gregorian Chantat St Brigid’s Catholic Church, Fitzroy NorthOn the last Sunday of each month. Next … Continue reading →

Local Jesuit agitator, Fr Frank Brennan, thinks that the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference got it wrong when they made a “blanket determination, in the absence of any published reasoning [???!!!] distinguishing both formal and material cooperation and permissible and impermissible … Continue reading →

Encounter did a full program on the recently held annual Helder Camara Lecture here in the Archdiocese. The speaker was Archbishop Roland Minnerath, a former Vatican diplomat and former Professor of History at the University of Strasbourg, who (as Archbishop … Continue reading →

We Australians are not usually too excited about the things that go on at the US Catholic Bishops Conference. However, this statement–“Faithful Citizenship” is a “how to vote” guide from the recently completed session of the USCBC just in time … Continue reading →

I’m going to make an off-the-cuff, barely-thought-out statement here, just to get some of you excited about the upcoming election. Sorry, I should rephrase that, I hope to get some of you excited over the statement I am about to … Continue reading →