Author Archives: Schutz

This piece by Joseph Wakim (“Enlightenment from the East”) is really unhelpful. In an earlier post I acknowledged that the East and the West have different (but not unrelated) disciplines with regard to priestly celibacy. The Latin (Roman) Catholic Church … Continue reading →

When Cathy and I last went to the movies (to see Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix — sans kids) we saw several clips for other upcoming fantasy films. One of them was “The Golden Compass”. It looked … Continue reading →

News is out that Papa Benny’s next encyclical is on the way, and it is about (wait for it) social and economic justice. According to Timesonline: It will focus on humanity’s social and economic problems in an era of globalisation… … Continue reading →

My job sometimes involves diplomatic difficulties. Like what to do when the Universal Peace Federation of Victoria wants to nominate you for a Peace Ambassador Award. The UPF is better known as the Unification Church or even more colloquially as … Continue reading →

VICTORIANS who believe abortion should not be a crime — and polls suggest that is an overwhelming majority of the state’s population — can be grateful they now have a Premier who sees himself as a decisive, cut-through leader. – … Continue reading →

Its a funny thing when you find out about local news on Yahoo. I was signing into my yahoo mail account today when I saw the news that a new dean has been appointed for St Patrick’s Cathedral here in … Continue reading →

As a Lutheran pastor, one of my main responsibilities in the parish was catechisation–not just of the young, but of adults also. Mainly this took the form of bible studies, but it also included more in-depth courses on particular books … Continue reading →

Courtesy of the journal “Ecumenical Trends” an article by Dr Richard L. Jeske has just come into my hands. The article is a “review from a Lutheran perspective” of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC) agreed statement “Mary: Grace and … Continue reading →

Some time ago, Paul T. McCain left a comment on my post “A Cardinal in the Car“: Dave, your comments about the JDDJ are proof positive that you never understood either Lutheranism’s or Romanism’s doctrine of justification.At no point has … Continue reading →

Christine made the following comment in the comment box of “Once a Jew always a Jew”, and I think it deserves a more prominent airing. On Godfrey Diekmann, OSB. Diekmann’s name was somewhat familiar to me because of his ecumenical … Continue reading →