Pope: Abuse victims’ outcry more powerful than efforts to silence them
“No effort must be spared” to prevent future cases of clerical sexual abuse and “to prevent the possibility of their being covered up,” Pope Francis said in a letter addressed “to […]
Next step towards sainthood
Australia is one step closer to getting its next saint with the Vatican advancing the cause for the beatification of Sydney woman Eileen O’Connor by awarding her the title Servant of […]
Mark Shea: I believe in God the Father Almighty – Part Five
This is Part Five of Mark Shea’s eight-part series on the first line of the Creed. Click here for Part One. Babies come from mommies and daddies, cars come from builders, […]
Simcha Fisher: Napolean at the baptismal font
The baby who was baptised last week was past the newborn stage, and strong enough to sit up on his own. At first, he was astonished to find water trickling down […]
Support Floods in for Struggling Farmers
You’re never too young to make a difference. Just ask 11-year-old James De Szoeke who herded his whole school community together to help the state’s desperate farmers this week. The inspiring […]
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Strathfield parish’s $10,000 drought donation ‘inspiring’
Wilcannia-Forbes Bishop Columba Macbeth-Green says he is “inspired” by support from Sydney’s Catholic communities including th...
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WA Uni cancels US doctor’s talk on “unscientific” transgender movement
The University of Western Australia has cancelled a talk by a reputable US pediatrician who has criticised the lack of scientific ev...
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Pennsylvania grand jury says the Church was interested in hiding abuse
A Pennsylvania grand jury report issued 14 August paints a picture of a Catholic Church in six of the state’s dioceses that fo...
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Don’t stop asking – it’s your child’s future after all
Parenthood is by no means easy. As parents, from the day our children are born we nurture them and do whatever we can to give them t...
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Catholic health experts attack suicide Bill
Catholic health experts have attacked an assisted suicide Bill as a “distraction from the shameful reality” of inadequate access...
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Ordination of Fr Matthew Meagher a joyful family occasion
Four bishops, more than 50 priests, five deacons and – according to Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP – more family members ̵...
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Vatican wants accountability for abusers, those who protected them
In the wake of a grand jury report on clergy sexual abuse in six dioceses in Pennsylvania, a Vatican spokesman called the abuses des...
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Suicide bill defeated 36-34
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP welcomed the defeat of legislation in the Senate which would have given Australia’s territories the p...
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Why You Need to Talk About Porn
To win a set of Melinda’s latest releases How to Talk to Your Kids about Pornography and Good Pictures Bad Pictures send an email ...
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Nothing Good Goes to Waste
The students at Paddington’s St Francis of Assisi primary school take their motto – In Giving We Receive – very seriously....
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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, ...
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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...
