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It will not be a surprise to many that I am a great Dame Edna fan. While I was not very impressed with her song beamed in through hyperspace at the close of the games, I did like the not-very-witty … Continue reading →

Andrew Sullivan of The Sunday Times has written about the new “cartoon controversy” surrounding South Park in an article reprinted in The Australian called “Oh my god, they killed satire”. At the end, he says: “Laughter matters because piety begets … Continue reading →

I have been churning through Charlene Spretnak’s Missing Mary. I continue to enjoy it, but it raises more questions than it answers, particularly about how the “conservative/liberal” divide is panning out in the States. She says much that is good, … Continue reading →

At last, the complete text of the Holy Father’s question and answer session with the clergy of Rome (March 2, 2006) has been published. You can read it here.

In an Online Opinion piece “Blog or be damned?” James McConvill says that it’s time for those academics in their ivory towers to embrace the potential of the ‘blogging age’. I couldn’t agree more. My hackles were raised soon after … Continue reading →

I have just done a total recast of my conversion retro-blog, having found a fuller (non-edited) version of my journal on my computer. Take a look if you find this sort of thing edifying. Don’t forget, you have to read … Continue reading →

In his new catechetical series at his weekly audiences on Christ and the Church, the Pope has several times spoken of the “Mission to Israel” as being fundamental to the apostolicity of the Church. He did it again last Wednesday: … Continue reading →

Something I will blog on more in the future is the question of the orthodoxy (or not) of: Naming God “Mother” as well as “Father”; Saying that God is our Mother as well as our Father; and Describing God as … Continue reading →

I have been reading Charlene Spretnak’s “Missing Mary”. She is a good writer, and what she writes is engaging, but I am finding myself incredibly frustrated and confused at the same time. Her platform, in almost every way, is what … Continue reading →

So now we know. Inspector Kasper of the PCPCU has solved the mystery. Here’s the official line on why the title “Patriarch of the West” was dropped from the Papal titles earlier this year.