Mark Shea: A Hell of an argument
So recently retired Episcopalian cleric John Shelby Spong was in the news offering the absolutely predictable opinion that Hell was “invented by the Church to control people with fear“. This is, […]
Lee family can stay as government bows to pressure
After nearly ten years of waiting in visa-limbo, the Lee family is at last able to “call Australia home”. Following front-page coverage by The Catholic Weekly on 6 August, representation from […]
UK barrister urges churches not to keel over in gay marriage stoush
A barrister from the UK who has defended numerous Christians dragged before the courts for their faith has delivered an urgent message to Christians in Australia: the only reason marriage was […]
The ‘Johno effect’: Sydney mourns a remarkable man
“There are very few selfless people in this world but Johno was one of them.” Words like that might be expected to flow easily from one of any number of people […]
Simcha Fisher: Mite makes right
I got a funny message last night. Well, it wasn’t meant to be funny, but it sure made me laugh. It read: “Dear Simcha, I read your post about how you […]
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‘Nothing will change’ a smokescreen for coercion and harassment
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Archbishop Anthony Fisher defends Seal of Confession
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP has defended the Catholic Church’s “sacramental seal” of Confession, after the Royal Commission i...
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Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP: ‘Johno’ Johnson will be sorely missed
It was with great sadness that today we learned of the death of John Richard ‘Johno’ Johnson at the age of 87. Johno was a remar...
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Principal who put student on indefinite suspension resigns
A young Canberra man who was indefinitely suspended after a very public run-in with his Catholic high school has welcomed news that ...
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Beaut bits, cute bits, and even some lute bits … and a Merlin to die for
Every now and then I have been privileged, as a reviewer, to attend a rehearsal, to watch actors and directors shape and sculpt thei...
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Enforced solitude via buffer zones: The latest attempt to change NSW abortion law
Many readers of The Catholic Weekly will be aware that, earlier this year, the New South Wales’ parliament rejected a Bill which w...
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Simcha Fisher: Chasing pleasure and chasing God
Last Sunday, poor Peter was again remembered for being a little silly. It was the feast of the Transfiguration, and it’s hard ...
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Monica Doumit: ‘Equality’ leaves parents in the dark
Nearly four million people have seen the video of a Victorian mother of four talking about Safe Schools, and if you’re not one of ...
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The Ordinariate to celebrate in Sydney with visit of US and UK leaders
The three leaders of one of the most imaginative vehicles for evangelisation in the Church will journey together to Sydney on 3 Sept...
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Editorial: Facing up to the childcare fiction
Over the last week yet another report on the ever-mushrooming costs of childcare appeared in the nation’s media. Unsurprisingly, t...
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Catholic group gives Martin Scorsese lifetime achievement award
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American theologian and ethicist Professor Stanley Hauerwas has hit out at Donald Trump and offered a stark challenge to the contemporary Church. He said: “Trump ma... -
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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A feminist revisits childhood dreams of convent life in visit to religious
When I was 7 years old, my best friend Angèle and I decided that we wanted to be nuns. Huddled together at recess, we would spend hours mapping out our elaborate future ... -
Has the Catholic faith been over-intellectualised?
Since switching to the Traditional Latin Mass, I have seen that most of our modern catechetical methods are geared exclusively towards the intellect. For example, the ave... -
The 10 must see travel sites for a faith-filled Catholic
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The #1 lie that men tell to themselves and others, and why they tell it
It is a phrase (or variant of) that you have likely heard hundreds if not thousands of times before. If you are like me, it is one that may easily pass through your lips ...
