Author Archives: Schutz

This is Fr Z.’s work. Beautiful picture. Great caption.Not to be outdone by his brother’s Ray Charles stylin, Pope Benedict practices his new air piano moves.

Two friends, oft mentioned on this blog, from Left to Right, including all in between they are: Pastor Fraser Pearce, Parish Pastor Bendigo, VictoriaPastor Adam Cooper, Senior Lecturer at John Paul II Institute for Marriage and the Family

Cardinal Kasper doesn’t mince words in his July 30 address to the Lambeth Conference. You can find all sorts of comment all over the internet (eg. this on the America Magazine blog and here on CNS), but you would be … Continue reading →

John Smyth sent through this link to a recent Sixty Minutes program on World Youth Day. It’s worth a look. It’s not all postive – but fairly good – including the look at Theology on Tap in Sydney. Here in … Continue reading →

It has often been said that Paul VI’s encyclical Humanae Vitae was prophetic. But the Pope also had the foresight to write to the bishops of the world and prepare them for what is coming. In this letter, sent before … Continue reading →

I belong to that category of people who have never in their life bought a coffee from Starbucks. I prefer to make my own (drop into the office someday and we can chat over brew from my desktop espresso machine) … Continue reading →

Amazing! A Catherine Deveny column with no sneering! I am coming to think that, like a little child, all Deveny really wants is to know that she is loved. The Age, like a good grandparent, will no doubt indulge her … Continue reading →

1968. What a year. I was there, but thankfully my protestant parents had never even considered using artificial contraception, and so, here I am 42 years later blogging about something which at the time might have meant I might never … Continue reading →

(Picture from Sydney Morning Herald) Here are links to audio and texts of four of Benedict XVI’s homilies at World Youth Day (thanks to Fr Z at WDTPRS.com). Down load them and listen to them again and again! Burn them … Continue reading →

Neuhaus reflects in his most recent First Things column reflects as follows: Of course cloning is morally prohibited, but just imagine the difference it would make if there were, say, two dozen or more Archbishop Chaputs. Chaput is indeed “good … Continue reading →