Author Archives: Schutz

Yay!!!! The Compendium to the Catechism of the Catholic Church is finally on the net in English!! This is after many months when the only available languages were German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovenian. Yes, folks, the Romanian and Slovenian … Continue reading →

I have entered a new passage in my “Conversion retro-blog”: Year of Grace, in which I recount my conversation with Jaroslav Pelikan! [Reader: About time. I thought you would never get to your conversion at this rate.Schütz: Have you read … Continue reading →

I have had a correspondence recently with a bloke who has real problems with the Catholic faith. He writes: None of my family and friends or any catholic that I know, 100’s of them, don’t read,study,remember or obey the Bible, … Continue reading →

Thanks Arabella for this tip. The Cathnews/Online Catholic guys have launched a new forum called “Catholica Australia”. Peregrinus (who often drops into this site for a chat) has a column there. If you have the time, join the conversation.

No. 6 in Cardinal Schönborn’s Creation Catechesis has finally been translated. It is entitled “What is Man that Thou are Mindful of Him? Is man really the “crown of creation?”. Read, learn and inwardly digest, as they say.

Well, they’ve done it again in Spain. Sandro Magister gives us the 21st Century answer to the Spanish Inquisition, this time in the form of a pastoral instruction from the Spanish Catholic Bishops Conference called “Theology and secularization in Spain” … Continue reading →

There have been a number of reactions to the Sandro Magister piece about Bonandi’s suggestion re communion for divorced and remarried Catholics which I blogged on last week. The most notable of these is by Donald J. Keefe, S.J., Emeritus … Continue reading →

Very much worth taking a quick look at Magister’s latest column. He again does the English speaking world a favour by translating the main points of an article by Fr Christian Troll, S.J., this one entitled “Progressive Thinking in Contemporary … Continue reading →

The award for the most biased journalist in the ABC has to go to Stephen Crittenden. One only needs to take a look at last week’s Religion Report and compare it to this week’s edition to see that in Crittenden’s … Continue reading →

Here’s one that has probably slipped under the radar of many Catholics. Most who have been paying attention to things ecumenical and the continued woes of the Anglican Communion will be aware of Cardinal Kasper’s frank but ultimately futile plea … Continue reading →