Author Archives: Schütz

There is a kind of political correctness that says we should ban all religious celebrations from the public square for the sake of interfaith harmony. In general, that is not a position supported by the various faiths, who counter with … Continue reading →

Pastor Mark has responded to my post on “Mere Ecclesiology” with this post “Abscondita est Ecclesia”. I made a brief reply. You can go there to read that discussion (as Christmas is coming up, I am happy to “gift” Pastor … Continue reading →

Last night, my daughter “graduated” from her Catholic primary school. The event was a big “Graduation Mass”, attended by all the families and friends of the year 6’s. It focused, as one would expect, on the children. It was a … Continue reading →

Over at “The Swag”, Fr Eric Hodgens has a piece called “Reflections on an Ordination Golden Anniversary”, in which he says: “We are the Gaudium et Spes priests. We went into the seminary at the highest rate in living memory. … Continue reading →

I recently saw one of the pastors of my wife’s Lutheran parish carrying around a copy of C.S. Lewis’ “Mere Christianity”. Five minutes later both he and I were in conversation with a non-Christian of Muslim background who was asking … Continue reading →

The recent news that a priest in the Archdiocese of Melbourne has been proclaiming his belief in the validity of the ordination of women from the pulpit has created a bit of a stir here in the Antipodes. Not quite … Continue reading →

Recently in a combox comment, Cardinal Pole asked about the most recent round of talks of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue Between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church held in Cyprus in 2009 and Vienna earlier this … Continue reading →

There is a very interesting post by Dr Adam DeVille at “Eastern Christain Books” on the comments of Pope Benedict in Peter Seewald’s interview/book “Light of the World”. His analysis reveals that there is actually a lot more about Catholic/Orthodox … Continue reading →

The Archdiocese of Melbourne has a new page on its website on the introduction of the Revised English Missal. It includes a downloadable “Missal Postcard” with the following information on it: Make a note of these dates in 2011: January … Continue reading →

Paul G. has written in to me with these comments. I thought they were a fair reflection, and the links may be interesting to readers. Hi David, did you hear the debate on ABC radio this morning between Christopher Hitchens … Continue reading →