Author Archives: Schutz

This article from the National Catholic Reporter, recently critiqued by Fr Z at WDTPRS.com, has a paragraph which perfectly demonstrates my abhorence of the words “metaphor”, “symbol” and “model” when used in discussions of Christian dogma: But rather than reject … Continue reading →

My little letter to the editor of The Age re Pope Benedict’s Curia address (still not available in English on the Vatican Website) has been published (see the very end of this page) at the very end of the main … Continue reading →

The following letter to the editor was published in “The Lutheran”, the official magazine of the Lutheran Church of Australia, in the December edition. I thought it would be worth republishing it here: Let’s Celebrate Jesus coming as an embryo … Continue reading →

Amazing how I said in a blog just the other day that there was nothing controversial in Pope Benedict’s Address to the Curia this year. How wrong could I be? There were no less than four letters to the editor … Continue reading →

Not according to English Anglican Giles Fraser, vicar of Putney, west London, in this piece (reprinted from the Guardian in today’s edition of The Age): entiteld “The Pope has forgotten Christ’s word”. He finds the Holy Father’s comments in his … Continue reading →

Poor Barney. Imagine arriving at the steps of St Patrick’s Cathedral, star of the ABC Lessons and Carols for Christmas Eve, and find that there is no room at the inn for the media! Here is his report in today’s … Continue reading →

And a very blessed new year for 2009!

This is Pastor Weedon’s church – looking like a cross between the parish church of my youth and that big house down the street with all the Christmas lights. But wouldn’t it be nice to have Christmas in winter darkness … Continue reading →

Well, ever since his first Christmas address to the Curia in 2005 when he floated his “hermeneutic of continuity” idea in relation to Vatican II (a phrase now “up there” with “dictatorship of relativism” as an iconic phrase of this … Continue reading →

“…and the fulfillment of her universal mission of salvation among all peoples”? Yes, you guessed it, none other than our own Papa Benny while visiting the Italian Embassy a week ago. The Vatican website has the full speech in Italian … Continue reading →