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Ever wondered who on earth Fr John Zuhlsdorf is and how he manages to spend so much time blogging? Well get all the gos from the horse’s mouth before the National Catholic Fishwrap publishes some distorted version of it here: … Continue reading →

In these days leading up to World Youth Day in Madrid, the girls, Cathy and I have been reminiscing about WYD08 in Sydney. This morning Mia set of on a school excursion with the red and orange backpack from WYDSYD. … Continue reading →

I didn’t get the dishes finished last night. I finished listening to John Cleary interviewing Fr Richard Leonard sj, and then got hooked on listening to the wonderful Lanchashire accent of Professor Brian Cox (how does someone that young get … Continue reading →

Hi! Remember me? I used to blog regularly before life went crazy. Anyway, I am just taking a break from doing the dishes, because, as I was doing the dishes, I was listening to a podcast of Sunday Nights with … Continue reading →

One more thing on the “Open Letter” of Catholics for Renewal. The main request of the letter is for diocesan synods in all dioceses across Australia. The letter references the Code of Canon Law, §§460-468. The Code defines a “diocesan … Continue reading →

I have just finished listening to a program on ABC Radio National’s Sunday Nights program about the “Open Letter” by “Catholics for Renewal”. Of course, I found myself very annoyed. (Have I mentioned that I don’t like John Cleary?) The … Continue reading →

A snip from a Zenit report on a seminar at Christendom College: Father Pacholczyk pointed out the irony of a 1940 U.S. law that protects not only the bald eagle, but the bald eagle’s egg. “If we can see that … Continue reading →

Perhaps that is a dangerous question, but I am reflecting on it in the light of this “Open Letter to Pope Benedict XVI and the Catholic Bishops of Australia” being promoted by a group calling itself “Catholics for Renewal”. It … Continue reading →

I picked up this story on Fr Z’s blog recently, who linked to this post by Jeffrey Tucker on his blog “Chant Cafe”: “Dramatic Changes in Music Rubrics for New Missal”. Tucker is a great advocate of (1) banning all … Continue reading →

Well, according to Joe Carter at First Things, anyway. He posted a funny little column called “Lessons of an Influence-Seeker” on the First Things “On the Square” page. In it, he suggests six lessons for those who want to “become … Continue reading →