Author Archives: Schutz

On the 6th March 2005, only week’s before the death of John Paul II, Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald, the President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, delivered a public lecture at the Xavier College in Cincinnati, USA, entitled “Interreligious Relations … Continue reading →

I have added another day of my conversion story to the Year of Grace retro-blog

This morning I popped into the Daniel Mannix Library to look up an article in the January 2006 edition of the English Dominican journal “New Blackfriars” for my friend, the Lutheran pastor of Geelong, Dr. Adam Cooper. His Durham University … Continue reading →

And just briefly while I’m on about the US Catholic-Lutheran dialogue…The last round (Round 10) ended in the publication of a joint statement entitled: “The Church as Koinonia of Salvation: its structures and ministries”. Father Neuhaus made the following comments … Continue reading →

CNA reports that the US Catholic-Lutheran Dialogue is starting a new round of discussions, this time on “The Hope of Eternal Life”. If that sounds a bit wishy washy as a topic for dialogue, think again. They intend to discuss … Continue reading →

The Vatican Press Office has issued a statement with regard to the Cartoon Affair. It is an “unsigned” statement, so we don’t know exactly from which office it emanated. The statement condemns: Any assertion of a “right” to offend the … Continue reading →

I have opened up a new blog called “Year of Grace”. I call it a “retro-blog” as I am using it to post the journal I kept between Easter 2000 and Easter 2001, the year in which I journeyed from … Continue reading →

Credibility (sadly closing his blog on the Feast of St Joseph) put this story up recently:Once it was announced that the devil was going out of Business, and would sell all his tools to whoever would pay his price. On … Continue reading →

You know that the world has gone totally crazy when the National President of the Australian Medical Association, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, can make the following statement: “it is certainly far safer to terminate a pregnancy with RU-486 than to take … Continue reading →

A popular Missouri Synod Lutheran blogsite Cyberbrethren is run by Rev. Paul T. McCain, the head of Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Missouri. (Actually, he seems to have another blog, also called Cyber-brethren here–all a bit confusing, really…) It is … Continue reading →