Two interesting reports caught my eye tonight: one that Jesus played cricket and the other that William Shakespeare was a Catholic. Neither comes as a shock. There have long been rumors that Bill was a Mick, but author Joseph Pearce has apparently found new evidence. Jesus would have been a great opening batsman and handy [...]
Traditional Anglicans maintain the faith
I know it’s naught to click my own Google ads, but sometimes I find them interesting and can’t resist. Not that there is anything forbidden (I think) about the West Australian Apostolic District of the Anglican Catholic Church in Australia. I’m just surprised it exists because I had never heard of them before. According to [...]
Ancient language goes modern
It’s rather ironic I learned about The Vatican’s web site from a blog named The Inquisitr I’m not surprised The Vatican has a web site; it’s just I had never thought about it before and had never visited. As The Inquisitr reveals, a Latin section was only recently added. I’ve never studied Latin and I [...]
Good Friday holiday
The Herald Sun reports a Uniting Church cleric who believes Good Friday should be dumped as a public holiday in favor of something to do with reconciliation. That’s the sort of nonsense you come to expect from the Uniting Church. I have written before about how Australia’s public holidays need an overhaul, but I never [...]
Celebrate Christmas
Christmas exists for a reason. Whether you subscribe to the theory it’s a pagan feast transformed to Christianity, or believe it is the birth of the Messiah, it has a meaning. Australia has a public holiday for Christmas Day and most Australians are Christian. So why are our public schools averse to celebrating Christmas? Not [...]
