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While we have been looking at the meaning of the word “Church”, there is another word that has become seriously wobbly of late: the word “Child”. International (and possibly even interstate) readers will not be aware that our Parliament here … Continue reading →

I am truly thinking of writing a book at some stage outlining, clarifying and defending the Catholic Church’s understanding of ecumenism and inter-religious dialogue. I have spent a very, very long time thinking all these things through, from a point … Continue reading →

Okay, Boyz, zis time ve show zem ve mean business, ya?

Last night I had the extreme pleasure of playing “driver” for Idris Edward Cardinal Cassidy, taking him to the Jewish Holocaust Centre here in Melbourne for one of his (now very rare) public speaking events. The topic for the night … Continue reading →

Just quickly popping in to say I am still here and have been reading the great discussion on the end of the last post. I have been attending a super colloquium on Deus Caritas Est at the local John Paul … Continue reading →

In a recent Encounter program on ABC Radio National entitled “The Innoncents”, several folk from differing disciplines (not necessarily theological) offer serious challenges to the old rejoinder against the Christian doctrine of original sin: “But how can you say that … Continue reading →

I love it when people take the Mickey by proposing something the non-cognoscenti might just possibly take seriously. Andrew Raivars, from Fitzroy North, does it in a letter to the Editor in The Age last Thursday (19/07/07): I’ve been battling … Continue reading →

Some of you will have noticed that, besides this blog and the “Year of Grace” retro-conversion-blog, I also have a blog specifically for liturgical music matters “Sing Lustily and With Good Courage“. I have chosen to put my critique of … Continue reading →

It has been a while since I last posted an entry on my Year of Grace blog, so here is the next installment. Remember, if you are new to my “conversion retro-blog”, that you have to start from the beginning … Continue reading →

I had a short report on my Turkey trip with the Australian Intercultural Society in the last edition of Kairos. You can can read it here.