Author Archives: Schutz

This is the first of a series of comments on the papers of “that meeting” last week run by “Catholics for Ministry”. I thank the website managers for putting the full papers up. It is good that these opinions expressed … Continue reading →

A new terminology has entered the Liberal/Conservative split among Catholics, that of the “hermeneutics of Rupture/Continuity”. As is well known, Papa Benny himself introduced this new paradigm almost 2 years ago in reference to the interpretation of Vatican II in … Continue reading →

Peregrinus has begun a new series on Catholica on Religion and Science. I am generally with him on this one. I thought I might help out by pointing to several rather interesting mp3 audio files on Sonitus Sanctus on this … Continue reading →

The four presentations that were given at the “Catholics For Ministry” forum held last Thursday in Camberwell Town Hall (by Paul Collins, Marilyn Hatton, Terry Curtin, and Anne O’Brien) are now on the “Catholics for Ministry” Website. You can read … Continue reading →

Yes, I know you all know that Pope Benedict’s second encyclical Spe Salvi will be released on Friday (actually, probably that means late Friday night early Saturday for us here in the Antipodes), but I couldn’t let the next few … Continue reading →

In a revision of the ancient rite, instead of the Holy Father placing the red zucchetto directly on the head of the new cardinal, a small rock is placed inside the zucchetto which is then hurled down onto the candidate’s … Continue reading →

What can you say? Students. Never did know their place. Always bucking against the status quo. Always claiming to know better than their elders. What has changed in the last 40 years? A lot. Here is the latest media release … Continue reading →

Yesterday there were two excellent sessions on ABC Radio National’s “Counterpoint” program: Climate change and Kyoto and Rights and social justice in Australia. The second of these is with Jim Franklin, the editor of the new collection of essays on … Continue reading →

Cheryl Lawrie, in Saturday’s Age (“Away with the Manger”), drags up that old furphy: Historians largely agree that the celebration of Christmas came about just after Constantine had made Christianity a recognised and privileged religion within the Roman Empire. Religious … Continue reading →

Just to show that We at Sentire Cum Ecclesia can be as gracious in matters of politics as we are in matters ecclesial, We extend our congratulations to the new primus inter pares of the Australian Parliament, Mr Kevin Rudd. … Continue reading →