Seven saints who risked all for Jesus canonised
Pope Francis formally recognised Pope Paul VI, Archbishop Oscar Romero, and five others, as saints of the Catholic Church on 14 October.
Students off on Western Civilisation tour
ACU and Sydney Catholic Schools are sending 21 high-achieving school leavers on a three-week immersion experience in Rome and London.
Monica Doumit: Seal law doesn’t add up
On the front page of last week’s Catholic Weekly, there was a story about Tasmania’s proposed laws requiring priests to break the seal of confession in circumstances where someone confesses to […]
Standing up for free speech at USyd
A devout Maronite Catholic will stand up for freedom of speech at the University of Sydney after being elected to the Senate in a landslide victory.
Sr Maria Joy OP ‘overjoyed’ at making final profession
After taking her Final Vows as a Dominican Sister of St Cecilia, Sr Maria Joy Zeitoune OP, says she has “the best spouse ever”.
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Call to give women vote at Synod
Although bishops should make up the majority of voting members at a Synod of Bishops, the fact that the body is only consultative me...
Schools body: ‘Protect all students’
Catholic Schools NSW (CSNSW) says it never sought concessions to discriminate against students or teachers on the basis of sexuality...
Papal appointment for youth director
Malcolm Hart says his appointment as a consultor to a Vatican advisory body recognises the work of people ministering to young Catho...
Xavier Rynne II: Letters from the Synod on Youth Vol. 5 – October 9
Reports and Commentary, from Rome and Elsewhere, on the XV Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops. Edited by The Catho...
Vatican to review McCarrick case
Promising a thorough review of how the Vatican handled allegations of sexual misconduct by former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, th...
Martyred archbishop ‘lived the Gospel’
As the world Synod of Bishops unfolds at the Vatican, thousands of faithful pilgrims get ready to witness the canonisation of Blesse...
On the verge of Igniting something special
Many tears were shed as the moving power of the Holy Spirit was felt by about 1,700 young people at the annual Ignite Youth conferen...
Asia Bibi fate looms in Pakistan
A court in Pakistan has reached a decision on whether a Catholic woman will become the first person to hang to death under the count...
Support for ‘safe-zone’ challenge
Pro-life leaders have welcomed a High Court challenge to so-called abortion clinic ‘safe zone’ laws around the country. Two demo...
Mark Latham says Christianity ‘vital’
It was, by any means, a remarkable moment. The advance of anti-family and anti-Christian cultural Marxism through social institution...
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OSV: ‘Rosary priest’ gave it all for Mary
“The family that prays together stays together” has been an international Catholic catchphrase for more than 60 years, a truism that is instinctively self-evi...
Crux: Conference highlights role of laity in addressing challenges
“Even before the (Second) Vatican Council, the conviction of the Church was that lay involvement in certain spheres of life, particularly political and social, was abso...
Why not join a pilgrimage to the heart of the Church?
It has been said that after a trip to Rome you are never quite the same. For many Catholics here in Australia, travelling to the Eternal City can feel like visiting their...
When Success Leads to Failure
I’ve known the mother sitting in front of me at this parent-teacher conference for years, and we have been through a lot together. I have taught three of her children, ...
The Real Problem with the Vatican Nativity Scene
Far be it from me to join the Catholic prudes who are being negative about the Vatican nativity scene. People are grumbling about the naked man who is being clothed as an...
Welcoming Stranger Things Without Baptising Them Too
In the past year, many writers in the Catholic blogosphere have commented on the theological richness of Stranger Things. One writer recently went so far as to claim tha...
The Return to Ancient Traditions After the Death of God
The “traditionalists” among conservative Christians are surprised when we show them how relatively modern and extremely limited is the form of Christianity that they ...
In Good Hands: Caryll Houselander and the Single Vocation
Caryll Houselander (1901‒1954) was a British Catholic writer and artist who lived during the first half of the twentieth century. She was also a mystic. As a single wom...
