Author Archives: Schutz

I was just chatting to someone who asked: “Am I a hypocrite if I keep on confessing the same sins?” My response (after reflecting on my own record in this regard): “No, I don’t think so. In fact, it’s probably … Continue reading →

Andrew Rabel, who recently interviewed Australian Ambassador to the Holy See Mr Tim Fischer (see below), also alerted me a few weeks ago to the Holy Father’s opening speech at the Pastoral Convention of the Diocese of Rome. This speech … Continue reading →

Intrepid Australian reporter/journalist, Andrew Rabel, has been in Rome for a few months (we caught up briefly when I was there in April) and has filed this interview with Australia’s Ambassador to the Holy See, the Hon. Mr Tim Fischer. … Continue reading →

They’re getting their wires crossed over at St Mary’s in Exile, at least as far as the story is appearing in the media. Cathnews kindly gives us a precis of the reports appearing in the Courier Mail, The Daily, the … Continue reading →

In this article a few weeks back, John Paul II: ‘Santo, ma non subito’, John L. Allen (the best Vaticaniste in English despite working for the National Catholic Reporter) lists a number of reasons why the brakes may be being … Continue reading →

Dear friends, The gentle wisdom of one who sits at this table sharing our port and discussion on a regular basis has alerted me to the fact that I expressed myself too “strongly” when I rebutted the complaint from a … Continue reading →

In the last couple of days, I have had an e-conversation with a potential SCE commentator. He had submitted a comment on my “caption competition” of Arch. Vincent Nichols giving the “thumbs up” (see here). His entry read: “I see … Continue reading →

I have been listening to some old podcasts of “Sunday Nights with John Cleary” from the ABC. Today I listened to this one from August last year, a panel discussion on heaven and hell and the afterlife (“Heaven. Who needs … Continue reading →

A good question deserves a good answer. And who better to answer it than a Lutheran pastor who is personally close to at least two of those who have taken this step in the last decade. On his blog, epistolae obscurorum … Continue reading →

Okay, caption competition time. I found this one of Archbishop Vincent Nichols on Cooees, and thought it could do with a funny caption. My entry is: “Ready… aim… ANOINT!”