Tag: Faith
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Sixty Years Since Vatican II
Happy Birthday Vatican II. Sixty years old and you don’t look a day over 500. For those of you who are a bit confused, ‘II’ is the roman numeral for ‘2’, and this milestone doesn’t mean that a new improved version of the Vatican was birthed 60-years ago. It’s merely the 60th anniversary of the…
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Habemus Papam – Welcome Pope Leo XIV (AKA Pope Bob)
In my previous blog post, I conveyed my fears that the next Pope may not be as progressive and tolerant as Pope Francis. So, with the election of American Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost to the papacy late last week, have my fears been realised? On the face of it, I’ll have to say no. Pope…
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The Australian Christian Lobby. Who do they really represent?
I was prompted to ask myself this question after receiving an unsolicited pamphlet from the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL), in my mailbox which posed the question: ‘Do you really know what your child is learning at school.’ Now it has only been a short while since my children were at school, and I think they…
Stephen D'Agata 