Author Archives: Schütz

It’s late, and I am just adding a quick note to say that the encounter this evening between Fr Brendan Purcell and Prof Peter Singer in St Paul’s Cathedral has restored my faith in the possibility of rational debate between … Continue reading →

Most of you, like me, probably had never heard of Lawrence Krauss or his “theory of nothing” until the debate on QandA between Cardinal Pell and Professor Dawkins on Monday night. Clearly, both Pell and Dawkins were in on something … Continue reading →

What’s wrong with the world today, you may well be asking yourself? If we could send our Western Democratic Society off to the doctor for an analysis, what would the diagnosis of our illness be? I recently listened to an … Continue reading →

Yes, folks, you read that right: 3,500 new adult Christians were received into the Catholic Church through the rites of initiation on the Easter Vigil in the Diocese of Hong Kong. And that is with an overall population of some … Continue reading →

It was billed as a “battle of biblical proportions”, with the Cardinal Archbishop of Sydney George Pell in the “red corner” and the high-priest of militant atheism, Professor Richard Dawkins, in the “blue corner”. If the “debate” between the Archbishop … Continue reading →

Many people have commented to me – and of course it has been covered extensively on the blogosphere – of the Pope’s Chrism Mass homily. See here for Kate Edward’s comments, and here for Fr Z.’s comments. Yes, I think … Continue reading →

Just very quickly, as I am about to head into the Cathedral for the Chrism Mass, I would like to join my voice to the chorus congratulating Archbishop Mark Coleridge on his appointment to the See of Brisbane. Full links … Continue reading →

For the first time in what seems like at least five years, the fountains in front of the Archdiocesan offices were switched on again today: They were switched off during the drought, but following an extensive cleaning and resealing program, … Continue reading →

After watching an episode of “Woodley” with my family together with my parents who are visiting us at the moment, I decided in the spur of the moment that we should all go out to see his new show “Bemusement … Continue reading →

I am not completely sure why the “Pastoral Letter on the True Meaning of Marriage” released this morning comes “from the Catholic Bishops of Victoria” and not the entire Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, but three cheers for Archbishop Hart and … Continue reading →