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Reflecting on Jeffrey Steel’s post here, I began to realize some of the deeper disagreements with Anglicans over women’s ordination. It comes down to the fact that Anglicans do not necessarily understand ordination to be a sacrament. Whether there are seven sacraments or two is one of the areas that Anglicans are happy to leave unresolved. If you are an Anglo Catholic you accept all seven. If you are Evangelical you only accept two (Baptism and Eucharist) and even then... Read more

I got to know Anne Rice through a long email interview with her for the St Austin Review. She was very friendly, and spoke at length about her return to the Catholic faith of her childhood. I first began to read her Christ the Lord series of books, and after our correspondence she kindly sent me Called out of Darkness –her memoir and ‘reversion’ story. Now she has sent me he latest novel, Angel Time. It’s an enjoyable read. The... Read more

Here’s a quotation from a comment by an Anglican vicar who visits this blog. This is how he perceives the Catholic position: it is as if we are saying to the Anglicans…You can’t be real Christians like us because you believe that women can serve God in the ordained ministry.The vicar says this honestly. He is expressing his frustration with the Catholic Church’s apparent obstinacy on the issue of women’s ordination. I understand this and don’t mind his frank expression. However,... Read more

Taylor Marshall reminds us here of the Catholic origins of the First Thanksgiving… Read more

After analyzing the modernism in the Anglican Church it was pointed out that there’s plenty of modernism in the Catholic Church too. True enough, and because blog posts should be short and punchy, I left this issue for another day. It is true that all the problems I outlined in the post on Modernism in the Anglican Church are present in the Catholic Church. In many ways the effects have been even more devastating. At least the Anglicans with their good... Read more

Today is the 46th anniversary of the death of C.S.Lewis Rest Eternal Grant Unto Him O Lord And May Light Perpetual Shine Upon Him Read more

I’m often asked why I left the Anglican Church to become a Catholic. Was it women’s ordination or some other issue? Well, the debate over women’s ordination was an influence. It made me re-examine the question of authority in the church. I have written about my conversion several places, and these articles can be found on my website under the ‘articles’ tab. However, the more I think about the reasons for my conversion, the more I realize that the real... Read more

Another poll reveals the slow but sure progress of the Pro Life cause in the United States: Go here. Read more