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That’s right. The big nasty authoritarian sex-obsessed Church. Okay, so I fiddled with the picture. For the original and the story behind this, see: Anti-condom stance fuels AIDS spread: UN. And in case you want some more laughs, thanks to … Continue reading →

For some reason, most Catholic saints seem to have been born in Italy. God knows why… perhaps its something in the wine. Well, we have plenty of good wine here in Australia, so I raise my glass to Clara Geoghegan … Continue reading →

I’ve just gotten off the phone to the Central Catholic Bookshop (their motto is “faithfully expressing the Catholic Tradition”, which I like. I’ve gone off John Garrett’s since they published and promoted +Geoffrey’s book) and they have a copy of … Continue reading →

“…The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!” Fictitious monsters have always held a fascination–no more so than that fictitious monster, Triumphalist Roman Papalism. I will leave it to historians to … Continue reading →

Yes, finally I have gotten around to adding a new entry to my Year of Grace retro-conversion blog–the blogspot where I am steadily putting up the journal of my conversion year (Easter 2000 to Easter 2001). You can check it … Continue reading →

I had a nice evening last night at my local parish with Marist Brother and liturgical song composer Brother Michael Herry. His music is simple and often “Taize-like”. Not all of it will appeal, but I can recommend most of … Continue reading →

What are friends for? Quite unknown to me, Mr Marco (we can’t call him Fr Marco any more) has done the following good deed: I have nominated Herr Schutz for the Blogger’s Choice Awards in the category of Best Religion … Continue reading →

it comes with this morning’s news that Rowling has “outed” Dumbledore, the venerable headmaster of Hogwarts, as gay. Great. And here I am about to play that character this afternoon for my daughter’s birthday party. Well, apart from all the … Continue reading →

Last night I had the great pleasure of attending the blessing of the restored Church of St Joseph at Chelsea. Fr Greg Pritchard and his parish were devastated when their church was burnt by arsonists last year, but have been … Continue reading →

Back in July, we all read this from the Land of the Lond White Cloud: The Catholic Bishop of Christchurch, Barry Jones, is opposing a visit by a controversial feminist nun from the United States. He has written to priests … Continue reading →