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A Nasty Aftertaste
Sometimes, we open a bottle of wine and begin to discover the liquid sealed inside the bottle for many years. We usually anticipate something out of this world as we sniff the cork and leave the bottle to breathe for … Continue reading
An Interesting Write-Up
My article of yesterday The Quest for Recognition and Respectability has had something of a write-up by John Beeler in Splinter churches’ quest for recognition and respectability. He took me up on my own observation that the fate of the TAC … Continue reading
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Tagged Conciliar Ecclesiology, Ecclesiology, Reflections, Theology
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American Insularity
I’m going to have to be daring with this article, because it is about the ignorance of very large numbers of people on matters that threaten the very notion of democracy and freedom. I’m not insinuating anything about Michael Frost, … Continue reading
The Quest for Recognition and Respectability
I lived through this whole thing with the TAC and the illusion we entertained that we were going to get an instant fix from Pope Benedict XVI and suddenly become “respectable”. It was a big wave to ride on in … Continue reading
Clerical Sex Abuse
Some of us are aware that there has been a Special Commission of Enquiry in Australia to investigate the dark secrets of Roman Catholic bishops who should have gone to the police or criminal authorities to report perverted priests abusing … Continue reading
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Tagged Moral questions, Mystery of Evil, Ponerology, Reflections, Sex abuse crisis
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Fine Articles
I have been going through a bout of “writer’s block” for the past week – that and work, and not forgetting making a wooden patio in the garden. I have kept an eye on the blogosphere, and found that some … Continue reading
More Dreary Reformations
Someone wrote to me this morning with the link to Per aspera ad astra: On Hard-Identity Catholicism. This stuff might catch on. DIOCESE OF TRIFOUIILLE-LES-SAUSSISSES From the Bishop’s Office Dear Brothers and Sisters, I have decided that things are too … Continue reading
Numbers
I can just about handle my finances, calculate dimensions and angles, anything with a practical application. My confrère Fr Jonathan Munn is a true mathematician, but even for him, numbers aren’t everything. He has just written Synod 2014: Crunching the … Continue reading
Aristocracy of the Spirit
The term aristocracy of the spirit may seem pretentious or arrogant, especially if it comes from those who think they are better than others or have a right to flout the laws that bind “lesser” mortals. The notion can lead … Continue reading
The Blue Flower 