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Quick catch up first. There have been a couple of comments to the post about the NCP meeting that deserve highlighting. You will remember that at that meeting Bishop Robinson received popular acclaim for his conspiracy theory that “George Pell … Continue reading →

HT to Joshua for alerting me to this. The recent Synod of the Anglican Catholic Church in Australia (TAC) has passed the following resolutions: That this National Synod endorses the action of its Archbishop and Bishops in requesting the establishment … Continue reading →

Okay, let me say from the start that I know many of our priests are under pressure of time on Sunday mornings, and that there are a number of priests who have special indult to say more than the maximum … Continue reading →

This story in The Australian is headlined “Pope envoy quits to ‘slow down’”. Come now, whoever you are who dreams up the headlines for such stories, the Hon. Mr Tim Fischer is hardly “quitting”. As the story itself puts it … Continue reading →

Now that the new edition of Kairos which contains my interview with Fr Mitch has been published, I can post the full version here on my website on my “Other Stuff” page.

In The Age today, we have this report of Bill Henson’s speech defending his actions in photographing and exhibiting pictures of a nude female child in 2008. What do we think of his arguments? People do get confused with notions … Continue reading →

From the pen of Abbo of Fleury, c.1000AD, cited by Fr Aidan Nichols on page 223 of “Rome and the Eastern Churches”: Let him who wishes the health of his soul beware of believing that the Church belongs to any … Continue reading →

I was just wandering around the ABC’s Religion and Ethics website, which has had quite a makeover recently, and is a very interesting source of news from about the place – not just downloadable audio, but a lot of commentary … Continue reading →

What, what, what, what (as Neddy Seagoon used to say)? Rocco Palmo says that while on his holidays (and after finishing his coffee and toast in the morning), Benedict is “spending his downtime engrossed in writing the final volume of … Continue reading →

Sorry, not much happening to comment on right now, so here’s a little song from Beaker. (HT to Rocco Palmo).