Author Archives: Schutz

Last Friday, Cathnews carried two American opinion pieces side by side, which perfectly demonstrate the chasm between the right and left hemispheres of the sensus fidelium in the US. In A ‘Different Benedict is Here’: Benedict XVI and the New … Continue reading →

…or, on the other hand, there seems to be something definitely educational in it. I am referring to this entry on Father Hollywood’ blog, Girls Gone Wild, WELS Edition. A regular visitor to this blog, Dr William Tighe, put me … Continue reading →

Have you every day dreamed of what it would be like to see über-neo-atheist Richard Dawkins in the dock having his published writings put up to legal questioning of “the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth” kind? … Continue reading →

Recently at the St Paul’s Annual Camp, Peter, the editor of the world’s best Parish Magazine, Inside Story, was cutting crook about people using “gift” as a verb. Pastor Andrew pleaded guilty as charged, and promised not to do it … Continue reading →

Three documents have been released by the Holy See today in fulfillment of expectations regarding the application of estranged traditional Anglican Churches for full communion with the Holy See. They are: 1) The Apostolic Constitution of Benedict XVI “Anglicanorum Coetibus” … Continue reading →

As an addendum to the earlier post below, Dulles quotes Luther and Melancthon in a footnote in his Josephinum article: Luther, in his 1535 Commentary on Galatians 3:10, distinguishes between faith in the abstract and concrete, embodied faith. Of the … Continue reading →

I will get to that quote and who said it in a bit. First, last night I was teaching my Last Things course for Anima Education and we were addressing the particular judgement at the time of death. Three texts … Continue reading →

Well, Kiran asked for it, so here it is: Luther on Purgatory 1. Explanation of the 95 Theses (1518) “If purgatory is only a workshop of punishment, why not call it “punitory” rather than “purgatory”? For the meaning and force … Continue reading →

Last night I watched the first episode of “Darwin’s Brave New World” on the ABC, a docu-drama style program on the life and work of Charles Darwin. Can I just say that I have rarely seen such an anachronistic and … Continue reading →

Sooner or later, the National Catholic reporter is going to have to “let John Allen go”. He might have started off where the editors of this ultra-liberal, practically dissident, magazine is at, but his years of experience covering the Vatican … Continue reading →