Author Archives: Schutz

LETTER OF HIS HOLINESS POPE BENEDICT XVI TO THE BISHOPS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH concerning the remission of the excommunication of the four Bishops consecrated by Archbishop Lefebvre Dear Brothers in the Episcopal Ministry! The remission of the excommunication of … Continue reading →

I wish to continue here the discussion begun in the post and following combox below. You might wish to take up the discussion there in the combox here – as I will append my reactions to the previous discussion here … Continue reading →

In a recent combox thread, Pastor Weedon thoughtfully provided us with a number of texts which – in his view – prove that the Fathers of the Church taught the doctrine of “sola scriptura”. Here are the texts he proposed: … Continue reading →

Can you make sense of this story in Cathnews or the picture (above) they chose to accompany it? 1) Why did Cathnews re-head the story “Southern Africans rebel against new Mass translation”, when in CNS, where it was originally printed, … Continue reading →

This is a horrible story – and for once I am not talking about the journalism (although that leaves something to be desired in this case too). The situation of the little girl and the abuse she suffered from her … Continue reading →

Every now and again people ask the question “Why do Catholics blog?” In particular, why do amateur Catholics (like your blogmeister) blog? After all, on what authority do they take up their pen (umm… keyboard?) and take it upon themselves … Continue reading →

I was listening to an America Magazine Podcast on which Deacon Greg Kandra was talking about his blog “The Deacon’s Bench”. One of the things they talked about was “to moderate or not to moderate?” Both the America magazine blog … Continue reading →

“Since we were wounded by sin, we must treat it with penance. But penance without fast is worthless. Then by fasting justify yourselves before God!” —St. Basil, Homily on Fast I, 3 One supposes that St Basil was not arguing … Continue reading →

…from a very interesting perspective. Michael Carden describes himself as “an out gay man, a biblical scholar and currently (Jan 2009) an honorary research advisor in the School of History, Philosophy Religion and Classics at University of Queensland, Brisbane Australia.” … Continue reading →

I received the following email from a reader who (for some reason) finds his computer does not let him communicate with this blog (perhaps it is a dissenting computer…?). He gave me permission to stick it up here for your … Continue reading →