Author Archives: Schutz

This comment was left by Anastasia Theodoridis recently in the combox: ISTM the more we Orthodox learn both of Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism, the more we become convinced that they are not at all the same. They often sound the … Continue reading →

Sorry there hasn’t been much blogging going on lately. And I also apologise for being really behind in reading your blogs too. I have been really busy. One of the things I have been really busy with was this year’s … Continue reading →

I hope that readers here in Australia have taken the time to watch (or at least record) The Abbey. This is one of the most intelligent and inspired programs that the ABC has produced for Compass in a long while. … Continue reading →

Everyday I print off a raft of articles and blog entries to read. Sometimes it happens that these end up entering into a conversation with each other in my mind. Here are several that lead in an interesting direction. First, … Continue reading →

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That’s right. The big nasty authoritarian sex-obsessed Church. Okay, so I fiddled with the picture. For the original and the story behind this, see: Anti-condom stance fuels AIDS spread: UN. And in case you want some more laughs, thanks to … Continue reading →

For some reason, most Catholic saints seem to have been born in Italy. God knows why… perhaps its something in the wine. Well, we have plenty of good wine here in Australia, so I raise my glass to Clara Geoghegan … Continue reading →

I’ve just gotten off the phone to the Central Catholic Bookshop (their motto is “faithfully expressing the Catholic Tradition”, which I like. I’ve gone off John Garrett’s since they published and promoted +Geoffrey’s book) and they have a copy of … Continue reading →

“…The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!” Fictitious monsters have always held a fascination–no more so than that fictitious monster, Triumphalist Roman Papalism. I will leave it to historians to … Continue reading →

Yes, finally I have gotten around to adding a new entry to my Year of Grace retro-conversion blog–the blogspot where I am steadily putting up the journal of my conversion year (Easter 2000 to Easter 2001). You can check it … Continue reading →