Author Archives: Schutz

My emphases and [comments] Pope Benedict’s Speech to Representatives of other Religions17/09/2010 12:45 pm Waldegrave Drawing Room, St Mary’s University College, Twickenham, Friday, 17 September 2010 Distinguished guests, dear friends, I am very pleased to have this opportunity to meet … Continue reading →

Anglican Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali recently stepped down from the Diocese of Rochester (Bishop St John Fisher’s diocese). His Wikipedia page is here. He has been described as a “controversial figure” in England. That’s “controversial” in the same sense that the … Continue reading →

I have been enjoying watching the live streaming video of the Holy Father’s visit to Scotland, which unfortunately is without commentary, but gives some good viewing. It was something to see the Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church and the … Continue reading →

Two blogs you might be interested in. The first is that of our friend and fellow Sentirist Joshua, Psallite Sapientier. Josh has just come back from a short holiday in South Australia catching up with Lutheran pals there such as … Continue reading →

There is a funny little story going around about comments made by Cardinal Kasper about England and surmising that this is the reason he is not accompanying the Pope on his journey to England. Cathnews picked it up, but the … Continue reading →

The Age has a one page spread on the Catholic Church and Pope Benedict in the lead up to his visit to Britain today. I began reading it and then thought “I’ve read this before…” In fact, it is an … Continue reading →

I was not aware that there was any “backlash” against the Archdiocesan Guidelines on Catholic Funerals, until someone told me that at Mass on Sunday they heard a priest say in the homily “we will do funerals the way we … Continue reading →

Tim Colbatch, Economics editor at The Age, has been trying to keep the issue of affordable housing on the boil (see here and here for earlier pieces) – even if our politicians seem treat the issue like playing pass-the-parcel with … Continue reading →

A remarkable article in the Irish Times (“Küng invokes spirit of Second Vatican Council he hardly saw”) from one who was there, Bishop Michael Smith (Bishop of Meath). According to the paper, Bishop Meath attended all 168 days of the … Continue reading →

Me thinks I can see the hand of Fr Portelli in this somewhere… Nevertheless, it is nice to know that we can still restore churches properly. For the full gallery of photos of the restored St Augustine’s Church at Yarraville, … Continue reading →