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This report today in Cathnews: Immaculate Conception Hawthorn parish priest Fr Des Dwyer SJ is leading a research project which hopes to engage more young people in the Church. The study, which aims to solve the decline of youth involvement, … Continue reading →

Okay, I’m excited. Most of you will have heard the news already, but it seems that the next encyclical is ready to go (as soon as it is translated into Latin from the original German and then into English and … Continue reading →

This is off topic, but hilarious for all you mum’s out there (Louise, are you listening?). This was sent to my wife’s email. It is very realistic. Anyone want to try to write a “Dad’s” version? Or do we simply … Continue reading →

Speaking of Muscular Christianity (no, not this, THIS), Archbishop Chaput spoke back in September to an Indianapolis men’s conference. Here, among other things, is what he said: Christian love is not weak or anesthetic. It’s an act of the will. … Continue reading →

I would like some help from both the historians and Orthodox among our readership in assessing the accuracy of this (seemlingly useful) Timeline of the East-West Schism of the Catholic and Orthodox Church. I am teaching a short course on … Continue reading →

Christopher Orr said in the combox of the previous post regarding points of difference between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Churches: I’m sure the effort would be made to work out these lesser points of difference if the major … Continue reading →

After having a go at the very idea of such a colloquium (see here for the report on the Faith of our Fathers Lutheran Colloquium and downloadable lectures, here for my comments, and here for Fr John Fenton’s apologia), I … Continue reading →

According to an in depth report by John L. Allen Jnr, Bishop Thomas J. Curry of Los Angeles has launched a damning critique of the US’s defacto interpretation of their First Amendment to mean that there should be (in Thomas … Continue reading →

Still catching up with reading from last month, there is this astounding essay from “La Civilta Cattolica” entitled “Priests who desert, priests who come back” (translated on Sandro Magister’s site) on the statistics of priests throughout the world who have … Continue reading →

A recent Commentator asked what advice I had for getting men back into church life. I did’t have much advice (Peter at With a Grain of Salt might have more), but I googled “men in the church” and found David … Continue reading →