Author Archives: Schutz

Ah, Catherine Deveny. If controversey is the key to success in the media business, then The Age certainly is onto a winner with this woman. And you know what? They’re proud of it! (see here) No matter, as we here … Continue reading →

Okay, he might not be quite “in the grave” yet, but I certainly found reading this paper by Cardinal Avery Dulles in First Things very useful to the discussion on the doctrine of religious freedom. Challenged by Josh on the … Continue reading →

Okay, it’s not an infallible definition or a Papal Encyclical, but it’s pretty high up on the level of magisterium. Here, I think, is the final and qualitative proof that Cardinal Pole is wrong when he asserts that Pope Benedict … Continue reading →

Cardinal Pole, on these pages and on his own blog, has put forward the following idea with regard to religious liberty: To say that “everyone has a natural right to the free exercise of religion” (call this proposition A) is … Continue reading →

It has been a long time coming. Here it is for those of you following the story. I had to edit this one a little. Lot’s of personal stuff in there. Some people have said I am taking a great … Continue reading →

I have only just read in Zenit of the death of Avery Cardinal Dulles, the man whom Pope Benedict called “Herr Professor”. His wisdom and guidance has been a gift to the Church, recognised by Pope John Paul II in … Continue reading →

I came across this bloke and his work through a review in Zenit by Fr John Flynn of Dacey’s book “Secular Conscience: Why Belief belongs in Public Life”, who freely admitted that “Dacey is no apologist for religion”, but goes … Continue reading →

This has received some comment on other blogs about the place (see, for eg., The New Liturgical Movement here and here), but it does make me wonder. The USCCB has decided something called the “Revised Grail Psalter” should be used … Continue reading →

I have posted a couple of versions of Rorate Caeli on my hymnody blog “Sing Lustily and With Good Courage”. You might be interested.

Cardinal Tauran recently commented that “God has returned to our societies. There has never been as much talk about religion as now.” And this was certainly borne out in reading yesterday’s edition of the Sunday Age. Here are a few … Continue reading →