Author Archives: Schutz

John Allen reports in NCR on a speech given by Margaret O’Gara of the University of St. Michael’s College (and the outgoing president of the Catholic Theological Society of America) on the future of the papacy in ecumenical dialogue. I … Continue reading →

Well, today Cathnews serves the Catholic community of Australia by giving us an update on the Robinson Tour. Not much that’s news there, only the continuing saga of the opposition that Robinson is meeting in the US from the local … Continue reading →

Give us an alternative. If you don’t have something better to propose, stick with what you have. It might not seem a very good reason for sticking with the political system you have, but I think it is as good … Continue reading →

“A man once gave a great banquet, and invited many; and at the time for the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come; for all is now ready.’ But they all alike began … Continue reading →

I hate pseudo-historians. Current hate: Elaine Pagels and James Carroll. See these comments on Constantine’s Sword and the Gospel of Judas. In fact, let me be very daring and make a suggestion that will probably make Past Elder’s and Brian … Continue reading →

John Allen has an interesting column following up his previous discussions about “Evangelical Catholicism” (of which, if they had cards, I would count myself as a card-carrying member!). He interviews the very well spoken of (I am thinking of comments … Continue reading →

One difficulty with the blog format is that blogs cannot easily hold conversations with one another. Comboxs flow on from a particular thread, and if you have a blog, you want that thread to be on YOUR blog, not your … Continue reading →

For a man who never enjoyed being the centre of attention, I can imagine that our good friend felt particularly awkward in this situation. I hardly dare to suggest a caption competition… (HT to Cooees)

That’s the question John Allen poses in an interesting analogy between the current state of Christian/Muslim dialogue and “the early days of computing”, when it was considered “the rarefied pursuit of experts typing in strings of DOS commands to run … Continue reading →

The news is that the only American priest ever to have been made a cardinal without being elevated to the ranks of the episcopate will turn 90 on the 24th of August. This is the man whom the Holy Father … Continue reading →