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Monthly Archives: February 2013
A Couple of Articles
I got the heads-up this morning in my mailbox. Shock Therapy – Could the next Pope learn from Benedict? I find this article of little interest, as I have found many analogies of little help. I think of the Ordinariate … Continue reading
Mainsheet length
Another search term came in – mainsheet length, mirror dinghy centre main. There are two ways of setting up a main sheet in a dinghy. Most modern boats have a central mainsheet: This arrangement requires four pulleys because one loses … Continue reading
Papal Speeches
This is becoming a new fad with: John Paul III – who goes the whole hog Politburo Papacy – a suggestion for leadership of the Church by a group of nine patriarchs or a pope and eight cardinals. Unnamed Pope … Continue reading
The Old Soviet Empire and the Fax Machine
Another reflection comes into my mind as I find with Damien Thompson’s thinking. It is modern communication that is making all the difference. There is an old story that does the rounds according to which the real factor in the … Continue reading
De quoi devenir chèvre…
The French have a wonderful expression – devenir chèvre, become a goat – for the way a human being reacts to an impossibly complicated or illogical situation that causes frustration and anger. It is often what we are confronted with … Continue reading
Election address of Pope Celestine VI
It is, of course, a pipe dream – but something we can indulge in from time to time. * * * Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Humbled by the decision of the Conclave to have elected me as Pope, … Continue reading
Sailing Question
The sailing season is nearly upon us, though it’s still rather cold here in Normandy. Under 10°C with probably no more than 7 to 8°C in the water, there is a real risk of hypothermia even with a good wetsuit … Continue reading
Why do I care?
A comment came in, attached to the Panier de Crabes posting, asking me why I care about the Roman Catholic Church. Surely, one Pope goes out and another comes in, business as usual for another 2,000 years. Why do I … Continue reading
Sede Vacante 2005
Just a few days shy of the coming sede vacante in Rome, I am brought to think of something I wrote back in 2005, when I had not yet joined the TAC and was living in the Vendée part of … Continue reading
The New Continuing Anglican Churchman
In the past, I have followed The Continuing Anglican Churchman of Fr Gordon Anderson of the Anglican Province of America, and I have occasionally corresponded with this fine priest who is also an artist. He has recently begun a new … Continue reading
