Author Archives: Schutz

The picture above was posted by the Cooees crowd in a blog complaining about the shoddy journalism of the Brisbane Catholic Leader. The story relates to Archbishop Denis Hart (“our +Denis”) launching the Australian Association of Catholic Bioethicists at a … Continue reading →

… and then we ourselves will be God. (Benedict XVI, Jesus of Nazareth, p.257) No, I don’t think he is actually suggesting this as a good idea. He is suggesting that this is “the logic of the modern age, of … Continue reading →

Well, I finally finished reading this classic volume, first published over fifty years ago. I’m not going to do a very long blog on it, as to do it justice would not only require several thousand words, but also many … Continue reading →

“It’s a whole lot easier to get through life if you don’t expect much from it in the first place.” It’s an original Schützism, so I give you permission to use it. A little nihilistic, perhaps? Or cynical? I often … Continue reading →

It’s the last week of January, and here in Australia, that means the last week of the summer school holidays and the last week before everybody starts expecting you to actually start doing something productive while at work, so between … Continue reading →

A neat little conclusion to the business about the La Sapienzia University’s rudeness to Pope Benedict came at yesterday’s general audience. You can watch the report of the Weekly Audience at Rome Reports here.

The story that a NSW priest has criticised the important development in Catholic Muslim relations that has taken place at the Australian Catholic University shows just what damage an “hermeneutic of suspicion” can do to in inter-religious relations. It also … Continue reading →

There is a classic line in Douglas Adam’s “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” where the philosophers threaten to go on strike. “And who will that inconvenience?” asks the mega-computer, Deep Thought. The protest by some students and faculty at the … Continue reading →

A good analysis of Pope Benedict’s “style” on John Allen’s column this week. First he proposes that there are “three basic psychological possibilities” of response when faced with a challenge: rejecting the challenge through a tenacious defense of those convictions; … Continue reading →

The Age today published the tertiary offers for last year’s Year 12 students. I was in a supermarket this morning waiting to get served in the “fast lane”, while the only girl on the counter was reading the newspaper. Turns … Continue reading →