Author Archives: Schutz

This story pops up every now and again. It is in vain that we try to explain that there is no point to lifting an excommunication from a dead man, when excommunication ends at the moment of death anyway. But … Continue reading →

See the story here. God only knows how we can ever have peace on earth with this sort of stuff. Is this what war and hatred do to the hearts of soldiers?

WikHow has a useful article on “How to be nice”. I thought I might adapt it for “How to be nice on this blog”. It might help some people in the combox… How to Be Nice You’ve been told to … Continue reading →

I haven’t had the time to follow the Apostolic journey to Africa – perhaps you have not either? If not, here is the chance to catch up on the event, thanks to the Vatican Youtube: For more see the Vatican … Continue reading →

Thanks for everyone contributing to the excellent discussions over the last few days. I am astounded that one combox string went for over 170 comments. I am still working my way through all of those. Things are very busy here … Continue reading →

In an essay translated in part by Sandro Magister, Jean-Pierre Sonnet points out the apparent contradiction between Genesis One’s “God saw that it was good” and Leviticus 11’s division of foods into “clean and unclean”. He writes that The differences … Continue reading →

At the end of a long string of comments on the posting regarding sola scriptura, Pastor Weedon provides a good precis of the teaching of the early Lutheran Church on the perpetual virginity of Mary, and quotes Luther as saying … Continue reading →

All readers of this blog will be thankful with the reaction of several curial officials in the Holy See to the way in which the Brazilian abortion case was (mis-)handled. See the full update on Cathnews here. Apparently the original … Continue reading →

The Pope’s letter raises issues of continuity and discontinuity in the teaching of Church as regards the Second Vatican Council – a topic that has often been discussed on this blog. He writes: The Church’s teaching authority cannot be frozen … Continue reading →

We met and fell in lovein the poetry sectionof the local library.We were married among the fairytales.Afterward, when the kids were born,we moved to non-fiction.Which seemed more appropriate.