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I had the surprising joy today of receiving a visit from one of the readers of “Sentire Cum Ecclesia”. Really, the idea that I might actually have any fans out there in blog-world had never occurred to me! My visitor … Continue reading →

New entry on my retro-blog conversion journey journal thing at www.yearofgrace.blogspot.com . Check it out if you haven’t been there before. This entry introduces a new character into the story, Peter Holmes. If you don’t know Peter, you can read … Continue reading →

Cardinal Arinze’s onto Bishop Donald Trautman, it would seem, and the rest of the English speaking Catholic Church can rest easy. He’s not going to let the US Bishop’s derail the project for a universally accepted and improved translation of … Continue reading →

A few blogs ago, I quoted Joseph Ratzinger from his 1968 classic “Introduction to Christianity”, saying: “The sharpest critics of the Church in our time secretly live on this dream [ie. that the members of the Church are holy, sinless … Continue reading →

Without forfeiting my right to belong to the Amateur Catholic Blog squad, I have accepted the invitation of St Paul’s Lutheran Church, Box Hill next Tuesday night (May 30) at 7:30pm on That Bloody Book (aka The Da Vinci Code). … Continue reading →

In his Wednesday Audience catechesis on 17th May, the Holy Father finished by saying this: “Peter tells us: You think you have the recipe and that you have to transform Christianity, but the Lord is the one who knows the … Continue reading →

Just today, I got around to reading the Holy Father’s homily for the ordination of 15 new priests in the diocese of Rome on May 22nd. It contains the following interesting comment: “Jesus’ mission concerns all humanity. Therefore, the Church … Continue reading →

The Age this morning ran a story entitled “Pope calls for an apology”. It is true, Papa Benny pulled no punches, and these comments were central to his address to our Australian Ambassador to the Holy See: “In regard to … Continue reading →

There was a letter in The Age today by an ex-pat in China about the impact of the “That Bloody Film” (based on “That Bloody Book”, aka The Da Vinci Code”). He went to see it with his Chinese wife … Continue reading →

I don’t know the details of the cases and, to be honest, I don’t want to. But finally it looks as if the Vatican has made a decisive move on the long running case of Fr Marciel Maciel, the founder … Continue reading →