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Exhibition 7 Aug 2013 | 08:16 pm
There is an amazing exhibition on the spread of Western European Christianity up to the middle ages (and a little bit of the counter-Reformation church too) which has just opened in Paderborn. I reall...
Protest 7 Aug 2013 | 04:07 pm
I don't usually repeat stuff that has already appeared on other blogs—life's too short. But I feel that I must record my protest against the serving of the Blessed Sacrament from plastic coffee cups i...
Worrying 29 Jul 2013 | 04:49 pm
The Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate have been forbidden by the Holy See to celebrate Mass in the Extraordinary Form. In addition to the above, the Holy Father Francis has directed that every reli...
The war .on drugs 27 Jul 2013 | 06:24 pm
Do go over to The The Bones You have Crushed May Thrill and read his article on the legalisation of drug use. It deserves to be read. 'Boney' is someone who really knows many addicts very well, and th...
Silverstream Priory 20 Jul 2013 | 02:33 pm
Fr Mark at the main entrance Recently I had to make a visit to Ireland to visit a relative who was staying in Drogheda, a town I had never properly visited before. Since I was in the area, I took the...
Having Fun 30 Jun 2013 | 12:01 pm
Having Fun in an Albanian tourist trap Someone who comes to Mass regularly in the Valle Adurni has just been on holiday. She decided to go to Albania. Well why not, I suppose? She is now eagerly anti...
Bugs 25 Jun 2013 | 05:11 pm
Yes, it's over-simplifying. But it is odd now left-wingers seem to be able to get away with things that others can't, no doubt because of their self-presentation as 'compassionate'. And when it comes ...
Conversion, at various levels 20 Jun 2013 | 09:46 pm
I must confess that I have at times been irritated with friends and family of converts who make things difficult when their friend decides that he wishes to become a Catholic. So perhaps there is a c...
Eucharistic miracle 18 Jun 2013 | 10:35 pm
I'm never sure quite what to make of these things, but I received this the other day, and thought that it might interest you. Sorry to be quiet for so long on the posting front. Normal 0 false fal...
The Schtick 8 Apr 2013 | 09:40 pm
It was something of a blast from the past to see this pastoral staff, which I thought had been relegated to some store-room in the Vatican. It belonged first to Pope Paul VI. and was used by his succe...
