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No, not to boil him alive, just to find a way into his infuriatingly annoying web of misinformation and twisted reasoning. Rachel Kohn authored a rather thoughtful review of the Dawkins documentary in the Sydney Morning Herald (inter alia) last … Continue reading →

Okay, what themes do you think “clamour for the attention” of the Pope? Eh? What would you like to suggest? Evangelisation? Faithfulness to liturgical norms? Encouragement of regular confession? Promotion of vocations to the priesthood? Deeper catechisation? Defense of the … Continue reading →

Others have written enough on the conversion of Evangelical Theological Society president Francis Beckwith to the Catholic Church. I was simply taken by this comment from an interview in the Washington Post: His thinking began to change, he said, as … Continue reading →

I mentioned recently my brief encounter with Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga in the corridors of the Cardinal Knox Centre just before I left for Turkey. At the time I was quite flustered and said something silly and foolish as one … Continue reading →

I reckon Pastor William Weedon has been reading Peter Holmes’ story of how he sought and entered the Catholic Church. Here is a snippet of a post he recently wrote: A Lot of the Angst that seems to afflict folks … Continue reading →

…and they are in lurrrvvve. It would be a match made in heaven if they believed in such a place. No, “Deveny meets Dawkins” isn’t the latest shmock horror film to hit our shores, it’s Deveny’s review published in today’s … Continue reading →

In my work in interreligious dialogue, I have often found cause to reflect on the question of the salvation of the unbaptised. Of course, Dominus Iesus is of great importance here, as is the declaration of Lumen Gentium 16 that: … Continue reading →

You will know my mind is focused on the problem of the Tomb of St John at Selcuk in Turkey. Yesterday, a friend told me there was a story about the tomb having been opened and all that was inside … Continue reading →

Just as I was simmering down over Fr John Dear, I decided to go and hear John Bell of the Iona Community speak today. He was being hosted by the Victorian Council for Christian Education and a small crowd gathered … Continue reading →

Those of you who followed my travel blogs will have read about my “discovery” of the Tomb of St John in the ruins of the 6th Century Basilica of St John in Selcuk near ancient Ephesus in Turkey. You can … Continue reading →