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He may be the next best thing to the Antichrist, but (as with the AntiChrist) not all that Philip Pullman says is false. Even in the “His Dark Materials” series, he acknowledges (in the words of William Blake) A truth … Continue reading →

I just want to note that with the last post, this blog reached a sort of “milestone” of perfection: 777 posts since its first beginning on 25th of January 2006. Does this mean that, with this, the 778th posting, it … Continue reading →

There is a truly inspiring article on the First Things blog by Frederika Mathewes-Green entitled “The World and the Holy Grail”. She reflects upon her reading of Bill Bryson’s “A short history of nearly everything” and a 1932 essay by … Continue reading →

There was a bit of a discussion about bishops in Catholicism and Lutheranism on Weedon’s blog. I know we have been there before, and I thank Dr Tighe for his great information on this score, but I have just had … Continue reading →

Thanks to Arabella for letting me know that Brian Coyne has responded in the discussion board of Catholica Australia to my Open Letter to the Catholic Laity of Australia. He seems relatively happy with it, but takes issue at some … Continue reading →

Here is the article on Philip Pullman’s “The Golden Compass”/”His Dark Materials” which I will be submitting to the Kairos for publication tomorrow. Tell me what you think. You have 48 hours for me to incorporate any suggested alterations! Some … Continue reading →

…and I feel sort of cheated that someone didn’t hand me a medal. We went up to Warburton for the Melbourne Cup Day “Long Weekend”. (For those of you not in the know, The Melbourne Cup is Australia’s biggest horserace, … Continue reading →

AND a stupid one at that. I am referring to the “debate” between EWTN’s Fr Mitch Pacwa and Walter Martin. I found these audios on that wonderful repository of stuff for your MP3 player, Sonitus Sanctus. But they came originally … Continue reading →

Every November 2nd, I find myself looking up the regulations for plenary indulgences again. I can never remember them. So I am placing them here for good keeping and future reference and also as a reminder for all you Catholics … Continue reading →

Clara Geoghegan has emailed me to let me know that there is now a website dedicated to Australia’s next wanna-be Saint: Caroline Chisholm. Hey, its All Saints day, and I say there’s room for one more! [The site is called … Continue reading →