Author Archives: Schutz

Did you see it? We just had the first episode of the new series of Robin Hood on ABC2 tonight, and there, smack bang in the middle of the sky over Robin’s right shoulder in the middle of the day, … Continue reading →

A question for those of you who might know more than I do about these things. In a recent conversation with a Catholic academic, I questioned why his course on sacraments dealt with the seven mysteries in this order: baptism, … Continue reading →

What’s that American saying? “Nobody’s life, liberty or property is safe while Congress is in session”? You can feel for some Muslims in Belgium who now find it illegal to wear the full face veil in public. Closer to home, … Continue reading →

I am still listening to Julian Barnes’ “Nothing to be frightened of”. His meditations on death and God are really thought provoking. Here is a great little line, however, which I wanted to share with you: The fury of the … Continue reading →

God knows what one should make of this story: Britain sorry for Pope visit document, but Mary Kenny of the Independant in Ireland does a good job of making something of it in this piece: The fashion for bashing Catholicism … Continue reading →

Well, that could have been the headline. In fact, it wasn’t, although it would have fitted the facts well enough. The real headline in this morning’s edition of The Age was “Indian surrogacy for gay couples at risk”. As I … Continue reading →

I am a little amused by the confluence of three things I have read in recent days on arguments for atheism. It seems that there are three kinds of atheism out there – not mutually exclusive: stroppy, sloppy and soppy. … Continue reading →

I’ve added an “Anima Education” page to my blog – you can access it by clicking “Anima Education” in the bar at the top of the page. I intend to use this to advertise all upcoming courses for Anima. Currently, … Continue reading →

I finally got around to reading Hans Küng’s “Open Letter” in the Irish Times the other day. I thought I had better read it before reading George Weigel’s reply. Certainly it was completely scurilous of Prof. Küng to provide the … Continue reading →

We seem to be on a roll publicising books at the moment, but this just came in from Connor Court Publishers: Cardinal George Pell’s new book and launches in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Ballarat Test Everything; Hold Fast to What … Continue reading →