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Since there are 26 comments on the Cyprian post already… I’m going to continue this here. And the time has come to throw down the guantlet. Faith is very important to me as a Catholic. I have faith in the … Continue reading →

Sounds like something from Mark Twain, but here it is, as reported by John L. Allen, Jnr. Apparently Lutheran theologican Michael Root, addressing the Catholic Theological Society of America, found “internal tension, incoherence or contradiction” in Catholic ecclesiology and ecumenism. … Continue reading →

Mons. Peter Elliott will be ordained a bishop tommorrow night at St Patrick’s Cathedral at 7:30pm along with Bishop-Elect Tim Costelloe. “The Mons” (as he has been affectionately known up until now) gave an interview on Zenit recently in which … Continue reading →

Maisy Ward said of her father that he would have been happy to have a “papal encyclical to read at breakfast” every morning. Me? I’m satisfied with reading The Age. It always gives me something to get grumpy about, and … Continue reading →

I have just finished reading a brilliant book by Sister/Dr. Sara Butler called “The Catholic Priesthood and Women: A Guide to the Teaching of the Church“. Sr Butler is professor of dogmatic theology at St Joseph’s Seminary in New York, … Continue reading →

I just want you to note that Barney Zwartz–the religious editor at The Age–has his own blog called “The Religious Write“. Its worth more than a cursory glance.

It is well known that St Cyprian had a few run-ins with the Bishop of Rome in his day. Yet it is even more remarkable that this saintly martyr should never-the-less have asserted that he who abandons the Chair of … Continue reading →

Who taught the Pope to pray? Well, probably his mother, but he admitted in his weekly Wednesday audience last week: I particularly like [St. Cyprian’s] book on the “Our Father” which has helped me to understand and pray better the … Continue reading →

P75–or as it is better known–the “Bodmer Papyrus–was one of those strange little alphanumerals that appeared in the critical apperatus of my Greek bible back at Luther Sem. We never paid these much attention. That’s what editors are for. But … Continue reading →

Do you reckon it would be too much for the Italians to have TWO German popes in a row? Probably. Otherwise, surely Cardinal Christoph Schönborn would be a shoe-in for the next conclave. Even if our current beloved pontif lived … Continue reading →