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You will have noted that this blog is called “Sentire Cum Ecclesia”: to think with the Church. As in: rather than thinking against the Church. You will also notice Chesterton’s little quote about reformers in the header. If you haven’t, … Continue reading →

Overseas readers may not be aware that there is such a personage as “The Queen of Australia“. There is, and she is, of course, one and the same as the Queen of Great Britain, our much loved and revered Elizabeth … Continue reading →

Fr Z has done a bit of a critique of this article in the America Magazine by Cardinal Godfried Danneels “Liturgy 40 Years After the Council: High point or regression?” (free registration required), so I won’t go into the details. … Continue reading →

There is an interesting blog discussion here on Pastor Weedon’s blog. You need to go past the blog itself, and into the comments string to get the full force of it. Basically, it is a question of the Real or … Continue reading →

I might keep posting these as I find them–and then see how accurately they reflect the Encyclical when Pope Benedict (or his Curia) finally get around to (translating and) releasing it. Today’s snippet is again from “Jesus of Nazareth”: For … Continue reading →

This piece by Joseph Wakim (“Enlightenment from the East”) is really unhelpful. In an earlier post I acknowledged that the East and the West have different (but not unrelated) disciplines with regard to priestly celibacy. The Latin (Roman) Catholic Church … Continue reading →

When Cathy and I last went to the movies (to see Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix — sans kids) we saw several clips for other upcoming fantasy films. One of them was “The Golden Compass”. It looked … Continue reading →

News is out that Papa Benny’s next encyclical is on the way, and it is about (wait for it) social and economic justice. According to Timesonline: It will focus on humanity’s social and economic problems in an era of globalisation… … Continue reading →

My job sometimes involves diplomatic difficulties. Like what to do when the Universal Peace Federation of Victoria wants to nominate you for a Peace Ambassador Award. The UPF is better known as the Unification Church or even more colloquially as … Continue reading →

VICTORIANS who believe abortion should not be a crime — and polls suggest that is an overwhelming majority of the state’s population — can be grateful they now have a Premier who sees himself as a decisive, cut-through leader. – … Continue reading →