Kidnapped by Islamic State and looked after by Muslims, a Christian girl returns to her family
On the night of 6 – 7 August 2014, Islamic State (IS) occupied the historic regions of the Nineveh Plains and emptied it of Christians, its original inhabitants. The Christians who fled […]
Simcha Fisher: Love and diversity
The other night, my husband and I shared a pizza as we recovered from yet another graduation. I made some passing remark about Trump’s policy change toward Cuba. It turns out […]
Mark Shea: ‘Killing’s bad ‘n all, but how much is too much?’ – Capital Punishment, Part 9 (final)
Last time in this space we discussed the false understanding of prudential judgment which imagines it to mean, “If you don’t like what the Church teaches, feel free to blow it […]
Catholic schools in Sydney welcome Syrian and Iraqi refugee kids
Over 400 children from war-torn Syria and Iraq have been taken in by Catholic schools around Sydney, and that number will continue to rise over the coming months. These incredibly vulnerable children […]
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP: Only by the Spirit’s power can we hope to overcome
On Pentecost three years ago the Holy Father hosted a prayer meeting for peace with the Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople; the President of Israel, Shimon Peres, and the President of […]
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Australian Mary Glowrey JMJ and the Sacred Heart that burned within
Friday 23 June marks the Church’s Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus this year. The celebration is a moveable feast tied to th...
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Ending Mum: audiences vote to kill at The Magnolia Tree in Melbourne
“They killed her last night.” These were the first words Michael Griffith said to me the morning after his play, The Magnolia Tr...
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The Mass-going, Rosary-praying doctor who has George Clooney for a fan
A major international prize recognising outstanding humanitarian work has been awarded to an American Catholic doctor for his selfle...
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‘Cautious’ euthanasia bill has loopholes big enough to drive a truck through
A couple of weeks ago, a cross-party group of NSW MPs released a consultation draft of legislation which would allow both euthanasia...
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Marilyn Rodrigues: Don’t underestimate your impact, grandparents
The special love between grandparents and grandkids opens a way for God to enter both their lives in a powerful way. My husband and ...
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Coptic family can stay: Public pressure made all the difference, says organiser
After public pressure, media spotlighting and a Change.org petition, the Department of Immigration has granted asylum visas to Sydn...
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Joy Adan: Wrap those vomit-covered hands around the Cross
I don’t know many parents who like winter. With the grey skies, cold fronts and morning frost comes the annual onslaught of fevers...
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Media celebrates advent of “heartwarming eight-year-old drag queen”
An eight-year-old boy has appeared in a report on the website of Australia’s leading LGBTQI publication, The Star Observer, as a ...
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Arise, all ye zombies: Sydney theologian makes the faith strange, and that’s good
Back in 1996 John Milbank published a book with the title The Word Made Strange. Not “The Word Made Rational” or “The Word Def...
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Theologian’s perspective: The Leuven Project presents a God who is always ‘there’, never ‘here’
The recent discussion of the Leuven Project in The Catholic Weekly by Fr John Flader, Monica Doumit, and Paul Sharkey has prompted m...
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Catholic group gives Martin Scorsese lifetime achievement award
Faith and films have been lifelong obsessions for director Martin Scorsese, obsessions that he said have given him moments of peace amid turmoil, but also challenges and ... -
An ethics explainer: the philosophical importance of vulnerability
We all know what “vulnerability” means. But when the word is used by philosophers, Vulnerability describes the ways in which people are less self-sufficient than th... -
Pope Francis: God is no warlord claiming victory with enemies’ blood
If it seems hard to find God in this world, it is because he chooses to be with the defeated and dejected and in places where most people are loath to go, Pope Francis sa... -
Catholic Church supports separate Gorkha homeland in India
Church leaders have expressed solidarity with ethnic Gorkha people who are on an indefinite strike protesting for a separate homeland in the Darjeeling area of eastern In...
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Devil prefers comfy, business-savvy Church that overlooks truth
The devil would like to see a Church that never takes any risks, never speaks out with the truth and just settles on being wishy-washy, comfortable and business-savvy, Po... -
Priest says Egypt’s Christians feel they could be martyrs at any time
Christians in Egypt “are getting to this idea that we could be a martyr at any moment,” the spokesman for the nation’s Catholic bishops told Catholic Ne... -
Fortnight for Freedom: What are our duties in our own time?
When Henry VIII, as England’s reigning monarch, was declared “a defender of the faith,” the future “must have seemed so bright to Thomas More and ... -
How to raise kids to be open to religious vocations
As a Catholic Mum, I’m a little awed by those couples whose kids grow up to be a priest or religious, so I interviewed six of these couples to get their advice. Here...
