Author Archives: Schutz

And you can take it as read that it is now on the official “banned” list, together with all the heretical opinions therein. As I commented earlier on this blog, since Fr Peter Dresser is a priest of the Diocese … Continue reading →

A Reuters article earlier in the year quoted “one Vatican official” as saying ““That’s just Tauran being Tauran.” Well, it appears that we have more “Tauran being Tauran” today, as the President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue made … Continue reading →

Fr Dresser could probably do no better than to read the Holy Father’s latest Catechesis on St Paul at last week’s General Audience. His topic: The Resurrection in St Paul. Here are some relevant tit-bits: The tradition to which he … Continue reading →

Andrew Rabel writes: Dear friends, A very deserving young Catholic man, who has a blog which I heartily recommend (American Papist), has entered a competition for student bloggers. The winner will be a awarded a college scholarship, enabling Tom to … Continue reading →

Me thinks not. Fr Dresser’s “Letter of Apology” published on Cathnews seems just to dig the whole deeper. Of course he is sorry for the pain which he caused, but it is hard to see how to square his statements … Continue reading →

I have just started reading a little book by Andre Louf called “Tuning into Grace” (1992). In the first chapter he makes the obvious point that in Christ we meet not only God’s grace, but initially and very concretely God’s … Continue reading →

Just a note to point out that on his blog “Cyberbrethren”, Pastor Paul McCain is having a slam at the Catholic doctrine of Purgatory. In the comments, Pastor Fraser Pearce points out that Pastor McCain may not actually have his … Continue reading →

God moves in mysterious ways his wonders to perform. As does the Brumby Government of Victoria. The story in today’s edition of The Age “Brumby fights for IVF law” suggests that the Victorian Government’s bill to liberalise IVF laws to … Continue reading →

I’m not a big one for devotions to particular saints. Aside from Sts Joseph and Michael (my patrons), my favourite saints day of the year is All Saints Day. Besides their prayers, and true to my Lutheran heritage, I believe … Continue reading →

While were at it (as Neuhaus would say) Neuhaus also reports in his latest column that Dean Hoge is dead. Hoge was out here in Oz not all that long ago, and while he may have described himself as “as … Continue reading →