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I picked up a second hand copy of Helmut Thielicke’s 2 volume “Ethics” in St Peter’s Bookroom (East Melbourne) yesterday. And put it down again. (If you would like to purchase it, it’s still sitting there for $20–a bargain). What … Continue reading →

Yes, I’m addicted. But I have decided to start another blog on the subject of congregational song in the Catholic Church. I will use this place for my own musings on this area, as well as for posting some of … Continue reading →

The head of the Communications Office in the Archdiocese drew my attention to the website of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) TV today. It is a real window into a reality we rarely see–or want to see, for … Continue reading →

Who could have predicted that are broken down movie star, a grocer’s daughter from the English provinces and a Polish priest would become the improbable protagonists of the great conflict of the 20th-century second-half? Spengler, reviewing John O’Sullivan’s “The President, … Continue reading →

Imitation is the highest form of flattery, so I hope Marco will forgive me for nicking this picture, and Sandra for adding her caption, which I think is priceless. Oh, goody! You remembered my pogo stick!

You all know that the Second Vatican Council declared: The sole Church of Christ [is that] which our Saviour, after his Resurrection, entrusted to Peter’s pastoral care, commissioning him and the other apostles to extend and rule it…. This Church, … Continue reading →

Not. Anyone who knows me knows that Schütz and Sport are not only two words rarely used in the same sentence, they are two realities that rarely intersect in this universe. But on the rare occasion that your humble servant … Continue reading →

John Allen hits the nail on the head in his introduction to this post on Abbe Pierre: I’m convinced that there’s a strong correlation between someone’s implied ecclesiology and their overall attitude toward the Catholic church. More often than not, … Continue reading →

I have made a new entry in my Conversion Retro-Blog “Year of Grace”. Check it out here.

In today’s edition of The Age, the UK Education Secretary, Alan Johnson, was reported to have defended the Blair Government’s insistance that Catholic adoption agencies comply with the new laws forbidding discrimination against gay couples by saying: This is the … Continue reading →