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If you have seen this… …it make this update of the original even funnier:

Something someone said a few days ago on this ‘ere blog reminded me of this old TV show. I still chuckle. Must show the kids…

We know that politicians will resort to anything to win an election, but would Julia resort to prayer? Actually, this picture (from the front page of The Age July 28 2010) would make a nice holy card of St Julia. … Continue reading →

Well now, there’s an original complaint… But the complaint has a new target, namely, a new book for children based on passages from the Holy Father’s weekday catechesis on the apostles and called “Gli Amici De Gesu” (“The Friends of … Continue reading →

Our beloved Dominican Bishop Anthony Fisher, now Ordinary of the Diocese of Parramatta in Australia, was interviewed by fellow World Youth Day organizer (Toronto 2002), Fr. Thomas Rosica, in June at the Salt and Light Broadcast Centre in Canada while. … Continue reading →

Louise left a comment on a former post saying: I’m just dropping in to tell you that our son, Felix Martin was born on Friday 23 July, weighing in at 8lb 2oz. Many thanks for the prayers. I’m recovering well … Continue reading →

Well, she’s not really a babe anymore, although she might be one day again in another sense in the near future (god help any young man who calls her that…), anyway, down to business: My nine (“I’m going on ten, … Continue reading →

Sister Carmel Pilcher RSJ has a reflection in today’s Cathblog about the changes in the last 40 years or so in the title and address for religious sisters. She helpfully points out the distinction between “nun” and “religious sister” (rather … Continue reading →

Catholic Herald writer, Milo Yiannopoulos, has written a piece (featured in Cathnews today) about the “sneering vitriol heaped upon the Holy Father and on Catholics in general by the metropolitan elites in advance of the papal visit in September”, which … Continue reading →

…I just have to post this story from Canada: This Shepherd can’t get communion By KEVIN CONNOR, Toronto Sun July 22, 2010 Donald Keith can’t believe the fuss that has been made because a Shepherd received Holy Communion. The Shepherd … Continue reading →