Bishops shouldn’t try to censor the blogosphere, says priest blogger
A leading English priest blogger has said that it’s impractical for bishops to seek to “censor the blogosphere”. Fr Timothy Finigan, author of the Hermeneutic of Continuity blog, made the comment after...
View ArticleThe synod’s struggle to balance charity with truth
Following my last blog, which raised certain themes from the debates on the current Synod on the Family, there was a post made by one Basilius which criticised me for “talking up the Synod” and saying...
View ArticleThe ‘Nazi salute’ footage highlights Britain’s debt to Wallis Simpson
A few years ago I reviewed an interesting book: That Woman by Anne Sebba. “That Woman” was, of course, Wallis Simpson, who sparked the Abdication crisis of 1936. What was revelatory about the book, to...
View ArticleBenedict XVI denies latest rumours about Fatima ‘secret’
Sixteen years after the Vatican released the text of the so-called Third Secret of Fatima, rumours cyclically arise claiming that the Vatican still is keeping part of Mary’s message to three children...
View ArticleBooks blog: A common sense introduction to Chesterton
A friend has kindly given me a present of Dale Ahlquist’s Commonsense: 101 Lessons from GK Chesterton. Ahlquist, for those who don’t know of him, is the president of the American Chesterton Society....
View ArticleHow to mislabel a ‘devout’ Catholic
In The God of the Gulag, Volume 1, by Jonathan Luxmoore, which I blogged about last week, the author remarks that “Stalin could quote the Bible at will, and used catechetical language in his speeches...
View ArticleBooks blog: The perfect guide to Church teaching for young Catholics
Ignatius Press has brought out a readable adaptation of the social doctrine of the Church. It is titled Docat, sub-titled “What to Do?”, and is a sequel to YouCat – the Catechism of the Catholic Church...
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