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I like that Bishop Finn guy over in Kansas City, Missouri. The Lutherans in the area might like to check out what he’s up to. He wrote a bold Lenten Letter–not about generalities, but about a specific scourge of our … Continue reading →

We had some visitors today at the Cathedral in Melbourne: about 40 students from the Tabor Bible College “Year in the Son” course (Tabor is a Pentecostal/Evangelical bible college). James McDonald (the once and future Youth Ministry Director) and I … Continue reading →

Here’s one for all you Lutherans out there. I love playing “spot the Luther reference” with Pope Benedict. He seems to know the great Reformer much better than any other pope has done over the last 500 years! This one … Continue reading →

“Dad, I hope we are going to have lunch before we have tea…” Thus said my daughter at 2:50pm this afternoon. We were in the dining hall at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral (Sts Peter and Paul) in North Melbourne following … Continue reading →

The other day in the Cathedral at lunchtime Mass, I was merrily sailing through the Lord’s Prayer, only to find myself (to my horror and embarrasment) ringing loud and clear in a solo tenor: “For thine is the Kingdom…” Oops. … Continue reading →

I haven’t commented much on the Sobrino case. My general opinion is that John Allen’s take is probably more accurate than Sandro Magister’s, ie. it is really about Christology and Pluralism rather than about Liberation theology and Marxism. Nevertheless, I … Continue reading →

It just occurred to me that I could have a bit of fun with the “Soldier’s Creed” (see previous blog), along these lines: I am a Catholic Blogger.I am a Thinker and a Member of a world-wide Team.I serve the … Continue reading →

I was listening to an edition of the Journey Home program on EWTN, and they had this Catholic military chaplain on. He presented something called “The Solider’s Creed” as “an example” of how deeply rooted in moral goodness the US … Continue reading →

What surprising things you find in the dustbin of the Vatican website! They’ve got a great new search engine there, and I’ve been dipping in there on various subjects. Here I found Pope Paul VI’s 1967 Motu Proprio on the … Continue reading →

I am not a huge Simpsons fan–I leave that department to the excellent Fraser Pearce who has compiled an entire dogmatic theology textbook on the basis of this long running animated comedy. Me, I prefer Monty Python… BUT, Peter has … Continue reading →