Author Archives: Schütz

Here is a press statement from the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales with regard to the establishment of the Anglican Ordinariate. They aren’t wasting time. The process will begin in January 2011 – before here even! – with … Continue reading →

Nick Tonti-Filippini says it better than me.

You have all already read today’s (or rather yesterday’s) headlines. The Age typically goes into overkill mode by putting Barney Zwartz’s piece as front line head lines – it rather says more about what The Age considers important in the … Continue reading →

Following a discussion with my good friend Dr Cooper, and the helpful comments to the previous post on this topic, I think I can take this discussion a step further. My apologies at this point to Pastor Mark and Matthias … Continue reading →

…Doesn’t make it possible. Once again our newspapers are full of people imagining impossible things and thinking by doing so that said things might become possible. It’s a bit like those get rich schemes where people say you have to … Continue reading →

I like Christopher Hitchens. Oh, don’t get me wrong, I don’t like what he says or what he believes. But I like how he says it, and I like him for his own honesty and straightforwardness. And I always liked … Continue reading →

I spent a while this afternoon composing a response to this post on Pastor Mark Henderson’s blog “Glosses from an Old Manse”: “The Quality of mercy is not strained”. He has two other posts on the subject, John Chrysostom’s teaching … Continue reading →

WordPress has deigned to inform me of my heinous crime, the reason for them shutting my blog down on the weekend. Hi, Could you make sure that links to bookpal.com.au and any other similar links be removed please? We no … Continue reading →

Fast upon the announcement that there are 5 Church of England Bishops poised to enter communion with the See of Rome through the Anglican Ordinariate, comes the announcement that as many as 50 priests may be accompanying them. Now for … Continue reading →

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