Category Archives: Religion and faith

The man to whom Pope Francis refused to give an audience

Posted on 12 May, 2022 by C.L.

To avoid angering China: HK police arrest Cardinal Joseph Zen over ‘collusion with foreign forces.’

Posted in Freedom, International, Religion and faith | 6 Comments

Fascinating application of scientific method – even to sceptics

Posted on 22 April, 2022 by C.L.

New scientific technique dates Shroud of Turin to the time of Christ’s death and resurrection.

Posted in Innovation and technology, Religion and faith | 11 Comments

Happy Easter

Posted on 17 April, 2022 by C.L.

“God walked again in the garden, in the cool not of the evening but of the dawn.” – G.K. Chesterton

Posted in Religion and faith | 9 Comments

Happy Passover to “our elder brothers in the faith of Abraham”

Posted on 15 April, 2022 by C.L.

March 23, 2000: Saint John Paul II (the description above is his) meets Holocaust survivors at Yad Vashem. With one of them – Mrs Edith Zierer – he had an incredible connection. Reunions do not get any more emotional or … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and faith | 5 Comments

Victorious Päivi Räsänen puts the bishops of Europe to shame

Posted on 6 April, 2022 by C.L.

George Neumayr in The American Spectator pays tribute to A Christian Heroine in Finland. Related: Australian Christian Lobby to take on ‘rebel’ Liberal MPs. The Australian Christian Lobby is launching a campaign that could unseat key Liberal rebels who crossed … Continue reading →

Posted in Elections, Freedom, Left-wing extremism, Religion and faith | 19 Comments

Hunter Biden’s father has sex education advice for US parents

Posted on 2 April, 2022 by C.L.

Exactly right: Biden says trans people ‘made in image of God,’ parents must ‘affirm’ identity.

Posted in Culture, Fake science, Religion and faith | 11 Comments

Rooted Reforms

Posted on 30 March, 2022 by C.L.

We have what they call ‘opposition’ to the pope. It’s trying to build walls, going backwards — looking to the old liturgy or maybe things before Vatican II. Vatican II is unknown by many of the young generation. So it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Religion and faith | 5 Comments

The Vatican’s top diplomats in Hong Kong and Taiwan removed

Posted on 21 March, 2022 by C.L.

‘Some level of urgency’: Hong Kong bishop meets Pope Francis ahead of China deal renewal.

Posted in Foreign policy, Religion and faith | 3 Comments

Under Labor, open season on Christians will remain open

Posted on 15 March, 2022 by C.L.

Christchurch mosque attacks: Islamic Call to Prayer to be broadcast on radio for anniversary. The Islamic Call to Prayer will be broadcast on radio stations around the country to mark the anniversary of the Christchurch mosque attacks. Quite the snub. … Continue reading →

Posted in Freedom, Religion and faith | 6 Comments

Hero: “Do what you will. I will die but I will never let you go.”

Posted on 4 February, 2022 by C.L.

He said to the suicide bomber he’d collared: Pakistan has first ‘Servant of God’ – Akash Bashir. When I saw this moving tribute yesterday, I didn’t think an Australian church would be violated by armed men 24 hours later. But … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and faith | 4 Comments

Church-invading police were the real victims

Posted on 4 February, 2022 by C.L.

It is a matter of regret to me that the police were placed in a position which led them to take the action they did. They should not have been placed in this position. The office of the Archbishop will … Continue reading →

Posted in Australian police state, COVID hysteria, Religion and faith | 20 Comments

Exterminationist Rhetoric

Posted on 2 February, 2022 by C.L.

This is not 1950 anymore … this is a new year, this is a new decade, this is a new Australia and there is no room.” – Federal Liberal MP Angie Bell not only joins and endorses the Twitter-driven jihad … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Left-wing extremism, Religion and faith | 8 Comments

A Pope Who Can’t Help Himself

Posted on 30 January, 2022 by C.L.

THERE are two schools of thought on Pope Francis as a lightning rod of theological controversy: 1) he is a manipulative Peronist who enjoys upbraiding ‘rigid’ (meaning non-liberal) Catholics via the press; or 2) reporters cherry-pick and sensationalise anything allegedly … Continue reading →

Posted in Media, Religion and faith | 8 Comments

Circling The Saintly Wagons

Posted on 21 January, 2022 by C.L.

YOU don’t hear much about the “silence of Piux XII” any more. Not even the advent of the internet could do much to revive the KGB-authored calumny that the war-time pontiff had been indifferent to the fate of the Jewish … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Religion and faith | 15 Comments

Good luck, haters

Posted on 12 January, 2022 by C.L.

Tennis player Novak Djokovic with his son. pic.twitter.com/vLNUZTZHfN — Father V (@father_rmv) January 10, 2022

Posted in Australian police state, Religion and faith | 8 Comments

“There are no mere coincidences”

Posted on 9 January, 2022 by C.L.

The true story of Ernest Hemingway, Gary Cooper, Pope Pius XII and Our Lady of Fatima. Please give Papa [Hemingway] a message. It’s important and you mustn’t forget because I’ll not be talking to him again. Tell him … that … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Religion and faith | 3 Comments

On Vaccines and Theology: A Response to Feser

Posted on 28 December, 2021 by C.L.

THE great Edward Feser has posted an excellent summary of where the Catholic Church stands in the Vaccines War and I commend it to anyone interested in the theological issues involved. Solidly orthodox in every respect, the essay has two … Continue reading →

Posted in COVID, Ethics and morality, Religion and faith | 3 Comments

Because there is too much nation in the life of the Church

Posted on 26 December, 2021 by C.L.

Mark Steyn notes “there has been a great absence of the Church in the life of the nation.” (Video).

Posted in Culture, Religion and faith | 3 Comments