Author Archives: Schutz

Well, “we” (meaning me) don’t think anything yet of the book, because we haven’t read it. All we have done is listen to the author on numerous radio programs, such as The Ark, The Religion Report and Sunday Nights. You … Continue reading →

Something I didn’t know, but picked up in this report from Zenit (also listed here in the official listing), is that Anglican bishop and scripture scholar N.T. Wright (often mentioned in these pages) is an ecumenical observer at the Synod … Continue reading →

The Amateur Catholic B-Team blog has been inactive for some time, but I always was rather proud of their very accurate slogan: “We don’t write books or do speaking tours. In fact, we barely do our jobs.” Actually, I am … Continue reading →

“I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that His justice cannot sleep forever.” – Thomas Jefferson Matthias aluded to this quotation in a combox – but he got the wrong guy. It was Thomas Jefferson … Continue reading →

Stephen Crittenden is quite critical in this interview on the Religion Report with Associate Professor Anthony Burke of the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra, but at one point he lets him off the hook entirely:Stephen Crittenden: Stephen Crittenden: One … Continue reading →

VERY, VERY well worth reading is the entire speech by Cardinal Albert Vanhoye at the Synod of Bishops in reply to the address of Rabbi Cohen. His speech is a summary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission’s great 2001 work “The … Continue reading →

Well, he’s come a long way from the his past as a Calvinist preacher – now he is being held up as an authority at the 12th Ordinary Synod of Bishops in Rome. The Apostolic Vicar of Benghazi (Libya) cited … Continue reading →

Here is my transcript of a Vatican Radio interview between Phillipa Hitchen and Rabbi Cohen of Haifa. I give more than just what he said aobut Pius XII – you need to get the feel of the context in which … Continue reading →

…and the reaction of the Church: From the ABC: From SBS: And from Channel Ten (Including the Speaker’s outburst)

So the Abortion Law Reform Bill has passed. (Yes, I know that this is old news, but I have been away for the weekend, stranded in Mildura with lurgy yesterday, and only just gotten back to my computer). The bill … Continue reading →