Author Archives: Schutz

While a lot is going on among the Anglicans, we should not loose sight of the fact that there are things going on among the Lutherans as well. The recent decision of the 2009 Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran … Continue reading →

Many thanks to Andrew Rabel for forwarding this link on to me from Robert Moynihan at Inside the Vatican. Andrew has his own report included in this. So many questions yet to be answered! http://insidethevatican.com/newsflash/2009/newsflash-oct-20-09.htm

Well, well, well. So it has finally happened. Doing things backwards, as they often do, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has released an explanatory note on an Apostolic Constitution that has yet to see the light of … Continue reading →

Cathy: Mao’s Last Dancer is a truly beautiful film. It tells the story Li Cunxin’s remarkable rise to fame as a dancer and is based on his autobiography of the same name. Selected from his village in rural China at … Continue reading →

Review Article by David Schütz In the near future English speaking Catholics are going to face a challenge unlike any since the introduction of the English liturgy forty years ago: the new English translations of the Roman Missal. It must … Continue reading →

From Damien Thompson’s blog: Announcement tomorrow on Catholic-Anglican relations; Archbishops of Canterbury and Westminster at joint press conference By Damian Thompson Religion Last updated: October 19th, 2009 Something big seems to be brewing in Rome and London. This from the … Continue reading →

Oh Dear, Oh Dear, Oh Dear… Intrigued by what on earth a “prophet school” might be, I followed this link from Cathnews this morning. There we are told: The PROPHET SCHOOL is a 12 month program beginning with a weekend … Continue reading →

This ad, found in a local newspaper, raises all sorts of questions. The meeting place (the “upper room”?) is somewhat ironic too…

Cathnews reports this morning about opposition within the Australian Anglican Church to the push by the Sydney Anglicans to allow lay presidency at the Eucharist. Melbourne Anglican Dr Muriel Porter, one of the 28 signatories to the tribunal’s reference, said … Continue reading →

Fraser Pearce has drawn my attention to a paper by American Lutheran (ELCA) Pastor James Arne Nestingen (“Joining the Unchurched“) about the current mess that the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has created by voting at their most recent synod … Continue reading →