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Thanks to “Whispers in the Loggia” here is a snippet from Bishop Thomas Tobin of Providence about the New York Mayor who believes that “abortion is wrong” but respects the viewpoint of others and doesn’t wish to impose his viewpoint … Continue reading →

Thanks to those who engaged in the discussion on the SMH Newspoll about Cardinal Pell’s “interferance” in politics over the NSW stem cell research legislation. I just want to clear something up. In the comments, Peregrinus said: I agree that … Continue reading →

That’s what Brother Martin used to call “the unholy trinity”. Well, that was then and this is now. It seems that most of my writing is dialogue with “The Atheist, the Lutheran and the Muslim”. Perhaps there is some parallel … Continue reading →

Many yonks ago, long before the rupture between the Pope of Rome and the Patriarch of Constantinople, Little Johnny Goldentongue held the latter position (pictured here in a mosaic in his patriarchal Church, the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople–yes, I took … Continue reading →

An interesting thing is happening over at the Sydney Morning Herald’s opinion poll. The question for today (get in quick if you can) is on Cardinal Pell and the stem cell research debate. Readers are asked to: Rate his warning … Continue reading →

Here is a brilliant summary of the essential problem with three great anti-Christian philosophies of our era by Robert Spillane, Professor of Management at the Macquarie Graduate School of Management. The Maquarie MBA is the only one in the world … Continue reading →

Well, HE might be the pope, but I’m just a man. And I’m man enough to say that sometimes I might not get it exactly right. Especially when it comes to Canon Law. And it seems that Peregrinus might have … Continue reading →

Well. First there was John Dear, then John Bell, and then John Shelby Spong. And now (as the Monty Python crowd “sang”) here comes another one… No, not another “John”. Another “theologian” to help us explore the “boundaries” of the … Continue reading →

I have placed all my Turkey Travel Blogs in a single Word Document on the Ecumenical and Interfaith Commission Website, and my Photographs on a Flickr site. If you look in my side bar under “Previous Posts”, you will see … Continue reading →

As a kid, I loved this book. “Let this be a lesson to you: That is what you must never do!” It was inevitable that the Holy Father should get around to discussing Tertullian–that Great Church Father who failed the … Continue reading →