Author Archives: Schutz

The Pope said this to the German Bishops: In this regard [ie. in regard to the Seminaries], Vatican Council II, in its decree ‘Optatam Totius’, established important norms that, unfortunately, have not yet been completely implemented. This is particularly true … Continue reading →

Over at “Always Yes“, Tom has asked the question “People or Gaia?”. Curiously, this links in with some of my own thoughts over the last week or so. Last weekend, the Victorian Council of Churches held its rural conference in … Continue reading →

The problem with listening to your radio programs on MP3 is that you end up hopelessly out of date. The benefit is that sometimes you listen to stuff back to back and get to draw conclusions. This is the case … Continue reading →

We got a bit of a clue when our beloved and behated Melbourne cartoonist-prophet, Michael Leunig, came up with this cartoon, but then we got the full picture (so to speak) with his article in last Saturday’s A2 “The Message … Continue reading →

A very useful column by Fr Edward McNamara in the Liturgy Questions section on the Zenit site. A reader asks why, when Pope St. Pius V “set in stone for all time the exactness of the holy sacrifice of the … Continue reading →

If you are not already praying for the Holy Father for his trip to Turkey at the end of the month, start now. As the CWN wrap up for the Pope’s November says, “this will be the first time that … Continue reading →

I’m a bit behind in my reading, but I read the Holy Father’s All Saints Day sermon today, and thought I would blog it for the benefit of the Lutherans out there. See what you think: Holiness demands a constant … Continue reading →

In all our discussions of the relative merits of Orthodoxy and Catholicism, we must not lose sight of the fact that we belong together as (what Russian Orthodox Bishop Hilarion of Vienna has called) “Churches of Tradition”. He is suggesting, … Continue reading →

Papa Benny has been visiting a lot of Uni’s lately. He must like the environment! This time it was at the Lateran University in Rome, where he made a speach that resembled a series of “sound bites” summarising his favourite … Continue reading →

On his NCRcafe blog, John Allen has given us a piece entitled “The Cross and the Crescent” (Nov 6). Its a summary of an address he gave in Dallas about the relationship between the Church and Islam under Benedict XVI. … Continue reading →