Monthly Archives: June 2009

This report in Zenit is very interesting, as the Holy Father himself took the opportunity of today’s feast of Ss Peter and Paul to make the announcement. This is what he said in his homily at the Church of St … Continue reading →

Well, that’s gone and done it. Apparently the SSPX have gone ahead with their planned ordinations, despite warnings of the consequences for the future communion of the group with Rome. As I say above, your move, your Holiness.

As you know, dear Reader, I am experiencing something like a fixation with the wrightings (sorry, that should be “writings” – see the depth of my problem?) of N.T. Wright, the Anglican Bishop of Durham. His scholarship is first class, … Continue reading →

Cathnews today featured an article in The Guardian by Hugh O’Shaughnessy which opens with this line: In the next few days Benedict XVI is to sign a new encyclical letter to be called Caritas in Veritate. The “next few days”? … Continue reading →

So. Is it the “Year of the Priest” OR the “Year for Priests”? From what I gather it is, in Latin, “Annus Sacerdotalis”, in other words, the “Priestly Year”. Any way, which ever it is, it is now on for … Continue reading →

Well, the other boot has finally fallen. It didn’t take a fortune-teller to predict that our beloved Bishop Chris Prowse was the Bishop-most-likely to be assigned to Sale. I wasn’t the first to hear the news, but I can say … Continue reading →

Astounding. I have just spent some time trying to work out why today my site had about 200 more visits than SCE has been averaging lately. Turns out that Fr Cutie has gone and married his girlfriend. All the extra … Continue reading →

Hagrid the guinea pig is dead. After an accident a week ago, he has not been able to eat. He was a very fat guinea pig, a non-stop eating machine, but in seven days he just about used up all … Continue reading →

Last night, after the ordination of Bishop Les Tomlinson, I bumped into Barney Zwartz from The Age, and we went together over to the Park Hyatt where drinks and nibbles were being served. One always has to be careful what … Continue reading →

Something one of our commentators said below on the “After Darwin” post prompted me to post this quotation from Tom Wright’s “Simply Christian” (p164): ‘Some people take the Bible literally,’ I recently heard a lecturer assert with great emphasis, ‘while … Continue reading →