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Simcha Fisher: Frog and Toad at Cana

Simcha Fisher - August 1, 2021

Vincentians have excelled in pandemic

Guest Contributor - July 31, 2021

Monica Doumit: Appalling timing in push for death law

July 31, 2021

Anthony Cleary: To excel, to give our best

Anthony Cleary - July 30, 2021

Unveiling a desire for the God of beauty

Marilyn Rodrigues - July 30, 2021

OPINION

George Weigel: A voting record you never want

George Weigel - July 28, 2021

A voting record you never want At 1 pm EDT on 18 June, it was announced that three-quarters of the US bishops had voted to...

Time to think about classes on bioethics in schools

Paul Catalanotto - July 27, 2021

If Catholics are going to have a say and role in how medicine and healthcare are shaped in Australia, waiting till interested Catholics make...

Fr Flader Q&A: Literary Forms in the Bible

July 27, 2021

Dr Kevin Donnelly: Hope amid the dumb darkness

July 26, 2021

Simcha Fisher: I threw out half my books and I’m ok

July 26, 2021

Mark Shea: Wokeness

July 25, 2021

FAITH

Neocatechumenal Way seeks sainthood cause of co-founder

Catholic News Service - July 23, 2021

Take advantage of these initiatives to connect with your faith online

Staff Writers - July 21, 2021

Faith in focus for Fairfield under pandemic scrutiny

Marilyn Rodrigues - July 21, 2021

Family & Marriage

When age is an advantage

Marilyn Rodrigues - July 14, 2021

Fr John Flader Q&A: The truthfulness of scripture

Fr John Flader - July 8, 2021

Family & Marriage

Francine and Byron Pirola: Families on mission

Guest Contributor - July 7, 2021

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COMMENT: MONICA DOUMIT

‘Essential businesses’ such as novelty stationery stores and sex shops have been allowed to remain open during the latest lockdown - but not churches where people bring their joys and sufferings to God. Photo: katrina.alana/Flickr, CC BY-ND 2.0

Monica Doumit: Dear Premier, it’s not that hard

Monica Doumit - July 15, 2021

Are you sure there's no whiff of prejudice in the lockdown enforcement? I’m a proud first generation Australian. My dad and all my grandparents travelled...

Monica Doumit: The true price paid by the innocent

July 9, 2021

Monica Doumit: Ditching the care to enable the killing

July 2, 2021

Monica Doumit: Death by pink official form

June 2, 2021

Bernard Nathanson was a US abortionist who saw the error of his ways and became a pro-life advocate. Photo: Open Media Ltd./Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Monica Doumit: Those damn Catholics who won’t shut up

May 24, 2021

Instead of accepting the criticism that she commented on the photo out of context, and unfairly disparaged the PM and his wife, Szubanski doubled-down, suggesting that those who were unhappy with her comments were “Christian soldiers” and ranted about the infiltration of the “religious right” into Australian politics. Photo: Eva Rinaldi/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0

Monica Doumit: No, Magda, not even close, dear

April 26, 2021

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PODCASTS

This Catholic Life

This Catholic Life Podcast: Parenting & Prayer

Peter Holmes - July 22, 2021

Episode #102 - Parenting & Prayer Host: Peter Holmes Guest: Susie Holmes Find Us On iTunes - This Catholic Life Podcast Subscribe On: iTunes, Google Play, Pocket Casts, Spotify,...

This Catholic Life Podcast: Purgatory

July 15, 2021

This Catholic Life Podcast: Baptism & Sin

July 8, 2021

Plenary 2020

Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP hands a candle to Plenary Council delegate Chris Lee in St Mary’s Cathedral. Photo: Giovanni Portelli

Catholic youth have a ‘deep yearning for Christ’ says plenary delegate Chris Lee

David Ryan - February 4, 2021

Peter McGregor: Prayerful and Eucharistic Plenary Council Paper

Dr Peter McGregor - August 27, 2020

Archdiocese News

Plenary ‘map’ is well in hand, says President

Staff Writers - July 31, 2020

A collection of biblical manuscripts. Photo: CNS photo/courtesy Museum of the Bible

Peter McGregor: Comments on The Plenary Council Paper

Peter McGregor - July 11, 2020

COMMENT: SIMCHA FISHER

Simcha Fisher: Does it matter if a priest makes up his...

Simcha Fisher - July 20, 2021

What's important about a homily? Would it bother you if your priest delivered ready-made sermons, written by someone else? A lot of Catholics say they...

Simcha Fisher: On being less zen about suffering

Simcha Fisher - July 15, 2021

I forget what it was I was offering up, but I told the Lord, "I'm offering this up to you, and I'll try to...

Simcha Fisher: Some vaccine incentives that would work on me

Simcha Fisher - July 9, 2021

Here in the US, almost half the population is fully vaccinated against Covid. In my state, it's even higher. But in some regions, people...

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Reflections from the Catholic Weekly’s oldest reader

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ACL grateful but wary after venue ban is reversed

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Good Men Project a win all round

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Bethlehem College: Star of the Inner West

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