Author Archives: Schutz

…on Sandro Magister’s site, www.chiesa. He references two essays, one by Bishop Gianfranco Ravasi and the other by Rabbi Neusner. Bishop Ravasi’s essay opens like this: One day, responding to his friend Gustav Janouch who was asking him about Jesus … Continue reading →

…and apparently it wasn’t The Times, but The Daily Telegraph (another British rag), which was to blame. Here is his complete explanation of how once again the British media beat up a story in relation to the Vatican.

I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men. They are far superior and always have been. William Golding, Introduction to Listening Library audio recording of “Lord of the Flies” (read by the author)

Am I the only one to be a bit mystified by all this talk of the “new deadly sins”? As reported (yes, you guessed it, by The Times–but they are not alone in commiting this–at least venial–sin of poor reporting) … Continue reading →

Like his namesake, Peter Holmes is a bit of a blood hound–or is that a terrier?–when it comes to a mystery. And here’s the current one: The “Missing Verses” from Jeremiah in the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops own … Continue reading →

Now I wonder what you think of this. As Barney Zwartz reports on his blog on The Age website, there has been a little group formed in Melbourne that goes by the rather odd title of the “Ad Hoc Interfaith … Continue reading →

Here is another gem from Fr Neuhaus’ most recent column: Can you get a divorce without a marriage? The Supreme Court of Rhode Island says not. Cassandra Ormiston and Margaret Chambers live in Rhode Island but were wed in Massachusetts … Continue reading →

One cannot work in a job like mine and not be concious of the essential role that religion has to play in society–no less today than at any time in the past. Fr Richard John Neuhaus’ “Public Square” column in … Continue reading →

Okay, after all that stuff about the “directionality” of the Eucharist (ta, PW), I wonder if we have overlooked a simple question: Is the Mass a prayer? There is a lot in that simple question, however. Because if it is, … Continue reading →

After finishing Rowland’s book on Ratzinger (review currently in preparation), I have picked up again N.T. Wright’s “The New Testament and the People of God” (after a long hiatus). And lo and behold, one of the first passages I read … Continue reading →