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Here is a curious thing that no-one has commented on. In “Deus Caritas Est”, the Pope doesn’t mention “sin” once. Check it out yourself. Do a search. I’ve checked the Latin too, so it isn’t the fault of the translators. … Continue reading →

Cardinal Schönborn’s July 7 2005 article in the New York Times caused a stir last year (“Finding Design in Nature”) especially in the context of the Intelligent Design debate. While the debate rages across the world (and you can read … Continue reading →

One of the recent presenters at Pope Benedict’s meeting with his past doctoral students was Dr Christian W. Troll, S.J. The private meeting addressed various aspects of Islam, and raised questions about the pope’s own view of the Qu’ran. You … Continue reading →

For those who have finished B16’s Encyclical and are hungry for more, may I suggest that you dig up Paul VI’s encyclical “Mysterium Fidei”? It was written just after the promulgation of Vatican II’s Constitution on the Liturgy in 1965. … Continue reading →

Has anyone else noticed that Pope Benedict XVI has been using the term “Anti-culture of death” rather than John Paul II’s term “culture of death”?He has done so repeatedly in his homilies (eg. at the Baptisms in theSistine Chapel) and … Continue reading →

Stephen Crittenden is back on ABC Radio National’s “Religion Report”. I’vebeen a great fan of the Religion Report for ages. Although I usually missit (unless I am in the car instead of on my motorbike on the way into townon … Continue reading →

By the way, a much better novel than “The Da Vinci Code”, but on the same topics, is by Umberto Eco (of “Name of the Rose” fame). It’s called “Foucault’s Pendulum” and it is a ripper. Here are some snippets … Continue reading →

You could say that today was a typical Australia Day: a hot day (33 degrees–we were expecting 41!–still 30 degrees outside at 7:30pm), spent most of the day at the local pool with family and friends. The big difference: I … Continue reading →

Well, if we are going to “think with the Church”, here is a very good place to start: the Holy Father’s first encyclical “God is love” was released early this morning (around 2:30am EST, 4:30pm Italian time), so for those … Continue reading →

Welcome to my blog. I don’t know what this will become just yet. A little like the title of the blog–a goal to aim for, rather than something achieved. Thinking with the Church requires discipline, as I suspect writing a … Continue reading →