Author Archives: Schutz

So the news is in that “That Petition” did receive attention at the recent meeting of the Bishops’ Conference. And we have a formal response, which can be viewed in facsimile on the Catholica Australia website here. The significant clause … Continue reading →

Cathnews carries a story about a new cinema-advertising campaign to be used this Christmas throughout Australia: Archbishop Bathersby said the cinema ad is brief and non-intrusive, showing a montage of images of Catholic life while asking, Have you ever wanted … Continue reading →

This has to be the best news ever for the Catholic Blogging world. Forget Cathnews. Forget The Tablet. Forget the National Catholic Reporter. The Grand-daddy of them all is about to appear on the Internet for the very first time: … Continue reading →

No, it still isn’t up on the Vatican website in English yet, although if you go to this page it is now available in the original Italian, Portuguese, German and Spanish. Given that it was only there in Italian and … Continue reading →

An entry on Peter’s blog about conversion stories reminded me that I haven’t put up a new episode of “Year of Grace” for a while (I have just done so).

Seems I wasn’t the only person to note that Ratzinger is repeating himself (perhaps he thinks we haven’t been listening? …Perhaps some of us haven’t…). John Allen has dubbed “Spe Salvi” a “Greatest Hits collection of core Ratzinger ideas”. See … Continue reading →

The discussion was getting bogged down on the post below, and Andrew pointed me to Gerald O’Collins “Christology”, which I have just retrieved from the library. By the way, that link that I have just given is to a review … Continue reading →

I was cantoring at Mass this morning in the Cathedral of St Patrick, and musing during the sermon on the colour of the Dean’s vestments. This led me to reflect on the old chestnut of “Blue/Violet/Purple” as the proper liturgical … Continue reading →

I am still working through the Holy Father’s latest Encyclical, Spe Salvi. There’s some really good stuff in the second half. I read a bit to my wife and she commented that the Pope has a way with language. But … Continue reading →

I am only about half way through reading the new encyclical, and so am a long way off offering deeper and overall reaction and analysis. At this point, I can say a couple of things only, the first is that … Continue reading →