Monthly Archives: March 2009

Something that one often hears is the criticism of the Second Vatican Council that it included no condemnations. This is held up as proof of what John XXIII intended when he said that this was not to be a “dogmatic” … Continue reading →

From this report in Cathnews, it looks like things are finally sorting themselves out at St Mary’s in South Brisbane. But one thing seems a little unclear. Check this: Fr Kennedy said he was still a Catholic priest with the … Continue reading →

Welcome to my new blog domain. Just so we all understand, I am reposting a blog from below. WikHow has a useful article on “How to be nice”. I thought I might adapt it for “How to be nice on … Continue reading →

The Devil wasn’t going to let Lady Day (March 25) go by without having a swipe at the Culture of Life that day so gloriously celebrates. The Age ran a front page story called “Angie’s choice: a death with dignity”, … Continue reading →

This story pops up every now and again. It is in vain that we try to explain that there is no point to lifting an excommunication from a dead man, when excommunication ends at the moment of death anyway. But … Continue reading →

See the story here. God only knows how we can ever have peace on earth with this sort of stuff. Is this what war and hatred do to the hearts of soldiers?

WikHow has a useful article on “How to be nice”. I thought I might adapt it for “How to be nice on this blog”. It might help some people in the combox… How to Be Nice You’ve been told to … Continue reading →

I haven’t had the time to follow the Apostolic journey to Africa – perhaps you have not either? If not, here is the chance to catch up on the event, thanks to the Vatican Youtube: For more see the Vatican … Continue reading →

Thanks for everyone contributing to the excellent discussions over the last few days. I am astounded that one combox string went for over 170 comments. I am still working my way through all of those. Things are very busy here … Continue reading →

In an essay translated in part by Sandro Magister, Jean-Pierre Sonnet points out the apparent contradiction between Genesis One’s “God saw that it was good” and Leviticus 11′s division of foods into “clean and unclean”. He writes that The differences … Continue reading →