The old Ponte Sisto blog

Alla fine di tutto questo
Recent weeks have seen my life change considerably and, with regret, I have decided to close this blog. I’ve enjoyed interacting with people from all over the globe and have come to value the friendship of many. Thank you, all, for your interest and comments. I leave you with ‘Ol’ Blue Eyes’, doing what he [...]

The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
So wrote S. Augustine of Hippo, who started out as one of the world’s most prolific sinners and ended his life as one of its greatest saints. Writing on his parish blog, and drawing on yesterday’s readings, Fr. Peter Edwards has this to say about Confession: In this Sunday’s Gospel we find Jesus and his disciples journeying [...]

Survival of the witless?
Ed West reports that atheists are becoming a dying breed. Imagine, atheists as dead as the dodo. Apparently, the dodo was a particularly stupid bird: the end of Richard Dawkins and Polly Toynbee – the similarities between dodos and atheists are quite astonishing. This is very bad news for atheist pin-up boy, Mr. Dawkins, as he [...]

When does an inter-faith discussion become “a religiously-aggravated public order offence”?
Isn’t it time for a level playing field to be introduced?  From this report in the Telegraph, it appears that a Muslim can claim that Jesus Christ is not the Son of God; but, dare to suggest that Mohammed had his faults, and the ‘Old Bill’ will be knocking on your door. In any debate, there [...]

URGENT petition to Fr. Jenkins, Notre Dame president: Please drop the charges against 88 pro-life ad
Remember this? From America needs Fatima: Please ask Father Jenkins at Notre Dame to drop the charges against 88 pro-life advocates who face up to one year in jail and thousands of dollars in fines. Sign the “Drop the Charges” petition. The 88 outspoken pro-lifers peacefully walked onto Notre Dame’s campus in May to be the voice of the [...]