Giselle Bertino-Clarke: Troubled teens need our help, not shows which glorify suicide
“I hope you’re ready, because I’m about to tell you the story of my life. More specifically, why my life ended. And if you’re listening to these tapes, you’re one of […]
Surry Hills young adults dig for the roots of Vatican II
The young adults at St Peter’s, Surry Hills, have organised a symposium on the Second Vatican Council; an event and body of teachings that is still regarded as vexed and poorly […]
Simcha Fisher: We’re all impostors in the Church, so let’s leave the doors open
“We usually keep this one locked,” the friendly usher explained as he opened the little door. He smiled brightly and tried to usher us in. It was Sunday Mass and we […]
Marilyn Rodrigues: Love in the family wins when it comes to bringing our children to God
A recent survey has confirmed that one’s parents and other family members have the greatest influence on a person’s religious attitudes and beliefs throughout his or her life. And many people […]
Blunting Caesar’s Sword: A history of discomfort with killing – Capital Punishment, Part 5
As we saw last time, the approach of Jesus to the death penalty (and his own radically unjust execution) transforms Christian understanding of our relationship to the state. Jesus’ murder at […]
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Fr John Flader: Latin never went, nor did the Vatican II fathers mean to eliminate it
Question: Dear Father, In the early 1960s I was received into the Church while studying in England. At that time the Mass was celebr...
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Anna Krohn: Keeping the fire alive at the end a limp and lagging Easter
Eastertide, those liturgical days spanning from Easter Sunday to Pentecost, can be a puzzling period for us embedded in a very secul...
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TJHC laments death of a ‘tireless advocate’ who put survivors’ interests first
The Chairman, Neville Owen, and members of the Catholic Church’s Truth Justice and Healing Council have issue a statement saying t...
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Peter Rosengren: Contrived campaign of calumny against a deeply good man
On 19 August 1692 Martha Carrier, George Jacobs, George Burroughs, John Willard, and John Proctor were hanged at Salem in the-then c...
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Two Sydney men ordained priests for the Prelature of Opus Dei
Two young Sydney men were ordained as priests of the Prelature of Opus Dei in Rome on April 29: Phillip Elias, 33, of Pennant Hill...
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Matthew Tan: Being somebody means being some body – nobody at all
The centrefold of a 2011 edition of Sydney’s short-lived tabloid, mX, featured a report concerning the vast sums with which an ass...
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Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP Homily: True love is a sincere gift of self
Like many people’s lives, the 1999 film The Mummy, and its 2001 sequel The Mummy Returns, are part action-adventure, part horror, ...
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Ryan Messmore New book inspired by ancient betrothal practices – and conversion
When Dr Ryan Messmore and his future wife, Karin, were dating at university, they longed for a deeper, more meaningful story about l...
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Catholic schools benefit the public purse, contrary to media claims, says Sydney Catholic Schools
Sydney Catholic Schools have criticised a report in the Daily Telegraph, (‘Poor’ Church has pocketed millions, Catholic and eli...
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Vinnies backs NSW Labor’s housing proposal, hopes government will act
Jack de Groot, CEO St Vincent de Paul Society, has welcomed the NSW Opposition’s policy announcement that at least 25 per cent of ...
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Doctors said Chilean mum would die, but miracle credited to Spanish priest
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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... -
Outside cities, Chinese grandparents pass on faith to their grandchildren
Every evening, no matter how busy or tired she may be, Yiu reads the Bible at home to her 7-year-old granddaughter. Sometimes, parishioners from Changzhi Diocese in north...
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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... -
Catholics build ‘intentional’ community of like-minded believers
At a time of declining church attendance across America and growing disenchantment with traditional religion, a Catholic parish in Hyattsville, Maryland, thrives by embra... -
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...
