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Peter Rosengren: The failure of faith as bureaucracy

Peter Rosengren - January 21, 2022

Reasons you should bother …

Sebastian Condon - January 21, 2022

Catholics pray for Tonga after tsunami devastation

January 21, 2022

From the aggressive to the bizarre: MPs grill prelate over Religious Discrimination Bill

Adam Wesselinoff - January 21, 2022

Art for God’s sake

Marilyn Rodrigues - January 20, 2022

OPINION

Head of Janus, Vatican museum, Rome. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/ CC BY-SA 3.0

Dr Philippa Martyr

This January try some hindsight

Philippa Martyr - January 16, 2022

I’ll start the year by doing something very Roman – looking backwards. January is named after the Roman god Janus, who had two faces – one that looked forward, and one that looked backward.

The Monastery of Mar Elisha in the Kadisha Valley, Lebanon. Photo: © Vyacheslav Argenberg/http://www.vascoplanet.com/

Maronite monasticism

Guest Contributor - January 15, 2022

On 17 January, the Church celebrates the Feast of St Antony the Great (also known as St Antony of Egypt; 251-356), a man of God whose holiness and way of life became a beacon for monks through the centuries, in the Middle East and Europe.

Editorial: Don’t mention the war is no longer an option

January 14, 2022

Simcha Fisher: Habits we’ll keep after Covid time

January 13, 2022

Q&A with Fr John Flader: Gender terminology

January 13, 2022

Faith, science and vaccines

January 13, 2022

FAITH

Society loses when ‘dogs and cats take the place of children’:...

Guest Contributor - January 6, 2022

Irenaeus: the Doctor of Unity

Dr Peter McGregor - January 3, 2022

On feast of Mary, Francis urges end to violence against women

Cindy Wooden - January 2, 2022

Fun and formation in faith

Marilyn Rodrigues - December 29, 2021

The fresh face of the Church

Marilyn Rodrigues - December 28, 2021

September 2022 date set for beatification of John Paul I

Cindy Wooden - December 27, 2021

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COMMENT: MONICA DOUMIT

Crossroads? I’m not sure how many of the Society’s members would agree with the Society aligning itself with Equality Australia against the Bishops and Catholic schools, writes Monica Doumit. Photo: CNS, Chaz Muth

Vinnies’ empty federal box

Monica Doumit - January 12, 2022

My parents have been volunteers for the St Vincent de Paul Society for as long as I can remember. They help organise the parish “giving tree” each Christmas ...

Those who find laws too restrictive will be able to take matters literally into their own hands. Photo: Freepik.com

Monica Doumit: Danger in laws without teeth

December 30, 2021

Monica Doumit: Darkest hour is when you keep going

December 24, 2021

Monica Doumit: False narratives hide the activists’ agendas

December 16, 2021

A Catholic school senior student organises a pro-abortion rally and announces two of her teachers are there supporting it. What’s going on?

Monica Doumit: Flip-flops signal a ditching of faith freedoms

December 8, 2021

Monica Doumit: We don’t yet have freedom for faith

December 2, 2021

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This Catholic Life

This Catholic Life Podcast: Pilgrimage

Peter Holmes - December 2, 2021

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This Catholic Life Podcast: Changing Habits

November 25, 2021

This Catholic Life Podcast: Faith Development

November 18, 2021

Plenary 2020

Greg Craven: Plenary ‘reformers’ are really demolitionists

Professor Greg Craven - December 2, 2021

Without change Church’s mission is at risk, Plenary reformers say

Adam Wesselinoff - December 2, 2021

Plenary voices: Fr Anthony Percy

Guest Contributor - October 13, 2021

Chris Lee pictured at Sumner House. Photo: Giovanni Portelli

Plenary voices: Chris Lee

Guest Contributor - October 12, 2021

COMMENT: SIMCHA FISHER

St. Francis of Assisi is depicted in a stained-glass display at St. Francis of Assisi Church in New York City. Photo: CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz

Simcha Fisher: The Church you’re building

Simcha Fisher - January 7, 2022

When St. Francis started having visions, he made an honest mistake. Jesus told him to rebuild his church, so St. Francis, with a willing...

Simcha Fisher: Love the nut jobs

Simcha Fisher - December 23, 2021

Look out! Like a freight train, bearing down on us with gathering speed and menace, I mean twinkling and jollity and goodwill toward mankind in general, here come The Holidays.

Simcha Fisher: Want to be ready for Christmas? Do this one...

Simcha Fisher - December 18, 2021

I looked at the date and gasped out loud. How can it possibly be this late already, with so much left undone? Every single...

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Why church is good

Catholic News Service - January 16, 2022

Fr Brian Lucas: The culture change we need

Fr Brian Lucas - January 14, 2022

In this 2012 file photo, people hold candles as they participate in a Taizé-style prayer service with Pope Benedict XVI in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican. Photo: CNS/Paul Haring

Taizé’s heaven on earth

Marilyn Rodrigues - January 13, 2022

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Podcast tops charts for second year

Catholic News Service - January 12, 2022

In the St Vincent de Paul Society submission to the Senate Standing Committees on Legal and Constitutional Affairs inquiry, CEO Toby O’Connor writes that the bill “and subsequent debate may cause hurt to those we assist, as well as to some of our members, volunteers, and staff”. Photo: Alphonsus Fok

Vinnies opposes bishops

Adam Wesselinoff - January 12, 2022

Fr James with fellow Cronulla parishioners and cricketers Michael Sakowicz and Tim Gibson. Photo: Giovanni Portelli

Priest steps up to the crease

Michael Kenny - January 11, 2022

Honouring Sydney’s Saint in waiting

Michael Kenny - January 11, 2022

Ordinary people called to be extraordinary Christian witnesses, pope says

Catholic News Service - January 10, 2022

Cuppa Time Reflections inspire and build community across the oceans

Marilyn Rodrigues - January 9, 2022

Dr Paul Morrissey: Exploring leading thinkers on the getting of Wisdom

Dr Paul Morrissey - January 8, 2022

Big success: Eugene Raggio leads the Choir at St Anne’s as members of the congregation join in the Christmas carolling. Photo: Patrick J Lee

Bondi carols soar

Debbie Cramsie - January 6, 2022

Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP anoints the altar of St Joseph’s in Rosebery with Chrism as he consecrates the church last weekend. Photo: Alphonsus Fok

Church consecrated after 94 years

Debbie Cramsie - January 5, 2022

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