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You will recall that the Pope had another talk-back session with his priests while on holiday in July. Up till now, it has only been available in French and Italian (except for the section translated by Sandro Magister), but here … Continue reading →

From Reuters: Homosexual Lutheran clergy who are in sexual relationships will be able to serve as pastors, the largest U.S. Lutheran body said on Saturday. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) passed a resolution at its annual assembly urging … Continue reading →

Marcus Grodi, of the Coming Home Network and EWTN’s “Journey Home” program, has a list called “The Verses I never saw“, meaning the biblical verses he never noticed prior to his journey into the Catholic Church. Today I found my … Continue reading →

I think you will find a seat over there around the side.

Jokes about liturgists (more correctly, “Liturgiologists”) in the Church are like jokes about lawyers in the rest of society. The best known is “The Liturgist and the Terrorist” joke (“You can negotiate with a terrorist”), but here are few others: … Continue reading →

Pastor Weedon has blogged on a piece of writing from proto “evangelical catholic” Lutheran theologian Rev. Dr. Arthur Piepkorn. The piece, called “Why still be a Lutheran?” was written in 1965, and, as Pastor Weedon acknowledges, a lot of water … Continue reading →

One of the bigger surprises awaiting those venturing into the interfaith arena for the first time is that there are many Jewish people who fully claim their Jewish identity, but who are, in fact, atheists. They even have a name … Continue reading →

One of my more embarrasing areas of ignorance is in the area of Thomism. Blame it on my Lutheran theological education, I guess. One of these days my ignorance of St Thomas Aquinas’ works will need to be remedied. When … Continue reading →

An Open Letter to the Catholic Laity of Australia Dear Brother/Sister in Christ, I write to you as an Australian brother in Christ to express my deep concern about several key challenges that are facing us all as Catholics. As … Continue reading →

No plot spoilers (well not many), in case you still haven’t read the seventh book. But I figure if you haven’t already, you never will. First, some reviews that I think get it fairly right (which do contain spoilers, so … Continue reading →