Author Archives: Schutz

“We should abandon the notion of history as a court eternally in session.” – Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi, in response to the question whether the Catholic church should posthumously apologize to Darwin, as a senior British prelate has suggested the Church … Continue reading →

To help you out and to make addressing your letters to Upper House MPs, I have posted this excel sheet of names and addresses on our website here. It makes it much easier to do mail merge!

In a pastoral letter to all parishes in the Archdiocese of Melbourne yesterday, our Pastor-in-Chief, Archbishop Denis Hart, has declared October 5th to be a Day of Prayer for the Defeat of the “Abortion Law Reform Bill”. I was going … Continue reading →

Local religion sleuth, Barney Zwartz, uncovered the story of the “new faith” being peddaled by Rev. Francis Macnab, the “minister for life” of St Michael’s Uniting Church here in the city of Melbourne. This excited some discussion in my circles. … Continue reading →

Once football starts to appear on both the front and back covers of the newspapers, you know it is time to pull down the shutters, burrow into the bunker and declare your Blog (your office, your car, your home – … Continue reading →

An important distinction. I have just had an “ahah!” moment while reading a comment from Tony in a combox to the post below. As the Holy Father said to the bishops of France just recently, the bishops of the Church … Continue reading →

I’ve seen it in a number of places, but most lately on Pete’s blog and on Louise’s blog. So eventually, I decided to waste a bit more time today and click on it. This is what you get:

Fraser’s blog on Juno reminded me that I haven’t said anything about a regular column my wife and I write for her parish newsletter “Inside Story” at St Paul’s Lutheran Church Box Hill. The column is called “Cathy and David … Continue reading →

This afternoon, Brian Coyne closed that infamous thread, and posted this apology on the Catholica Forum: Apology to David Schütz.. posted by Brian Coyne , LINDEN, NSW, 17.09.2008, 15:44 Dear all, The discussion that erupted in this place on David … Continue reading →

The Creative Minority Report (“We laugh because we believe”) carry’s this AFP report under the heading He Ain’t Nothing Special: Is it any wonder that nobody goes to Church in France anymore? Check out this obnoxious statement by a Cardinal … Continue reading →