Author Archives: Schutz

In an ENI subscriber article entitled “Kasper warns Rome meeting that search for Christian unity is in danger” (25/1/06), Stephen Brown reports Kasper the Friendly Kardinal as saying:“A profile-based ecumenism, as it is called these days, leads to a certain … Continue reading →

It’s nice to know that some things never change, and Stephen Crittenden (who has returned to the ABC Religion Report after an absence of some time) is one of them. It is a severe handicap for a religion commentator to … Continue reading →

For those who like a challenge, get a hold of N.T. Wright’s New Testament theology. It is a five volume job (I’m not sure if it’s complete yet), and I am only half-way through the first volume. Bishop Wright, as … Continue reading →

What have these three got in common: Cardinal Walter Kasper, Bishop N.T. (Tom) Wright, and Ango-American travel writer Bill Bryson? They were all at Durham University for the mega-pow-wow of mega-ecumenists last week (read John Allen’s report in the National … Continue reading →

While we’re on the topic of the Encyclical, there’s another surprising thing that should not miss our attention. We are used to talking about the Church in terms of the proclamation of the Word and the administration of the Sacraments. … Continue reading →

Here is a curious thing that no-one has commented on. In “Deus Caritas Est”, the Pope doesn’t mention “sin” once. Check it out yourself. Do a search. I’ve checked the Latin too, so it isn’t the fault of the translators. … Continue reading →

Cardinal Schönborn’s July 7 2005 article in the New York Times caused a stir last year (“Finding Design in Nature”) especially in the context of the Intelligent Design debate. While the debate rages across the world (and you can read … Continue reading →

One of the recent presenters at Pope Benedict’s meeting with his past doctoral students was Dr Christian W. Troll, S.J. The private meeting addressed various aspects of Islam, and raised questions about the pope’s own view of the Qu’ran. You … Continue reading →

For those who have finished B16’s Encyclical and are hungry for more, may I suggest that you dig up Paul VI’s encyclical “Mysterium Fidei”? It was written just after the promulgation of Vatican II’s Constitution on the Liturgy in 1965. … Continue reading →

Has anyone else noticed that Pope Benedict XVI has been using the term “Anti-culture of death” rather than John Paul II’s term “culture of death”?He has done so repeatedly in his homilies (eg. at the Baptisms in theSistine Chapel) and … Continue reading →