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How to Liturgisploit Your Kids All Year Long
As it says in the Good Book, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath." Likewise, the liturgical year was clearly...
Archbishop’s Christmas message: Shh! Our God is cooing
What sound most moves us? A natural one such as a thunder-clap, rain on a tin roof, or a kookaburra’s laugh? Or a more...
Francis launches ‘12-step program’ in surgical strike against conversion-resistant bureaucracy
The reform of the Roman Curia is not a mere face-lift to rejuvenate an aging body but a process of deep, personal conversion, Pope...
George Weigel: God bless Cardinal Thomas Collins of Toronto for kicking back against euthanasia
The archbishop of Toronto is given to deprecating himself as “just a simple country cardinal.” In my experience, though, Cardinal Thomas Collins is one...
Simcha Fisher: can we celebrate Christmas as Syria burns?
One mother doesn't want to give her kids Christmas presents this year, because she's so upset over what a mess the world is.
The essayist...
No place to lay His head? Must have lived in Sydney
I love our home at this time of year, with our Christmas tree up, fridge stocked with beer and cake, and lights strung out...
‘Begat, begat, begat’: the boring bit of the Bible and why it shattered the...
Since we are nearing Christmas, it's good to take a look at the way the gospels tell the story of Jesus' birth. So I...
Stuck for grace? Archbishop Anthony has you covered
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP has continued his annual tradition of writing a prayer for grace that people might use at Christmas dinner or lunch....
Australian artists present Faces of Mercy in Sydney and Rome
The Faces of Mercy is a ninety-minute work of art documenting the ‘narrative’ of Mercy, following the story of the individual soul and of...
Wish Pope Francis a ‘Happy Birthday’, in Latin if you so desire
Even though Pope Francis was planning a "normal" workday for his birthday, well-wishers can help brighten it up with special tweets and emails.
Turning 80...
Monica Doumit: three cheers for Cardinal George Pell, steadfast in faith, a man of...
Friday, 16 December 2016 is 50 years since Cardinal Pell was ordained a priest, and if you will indulge me, I would like to offer...
Matthew Tan: Soulless incisions in the frantic pursuit of ‘now’
The 2011 Spanish thriller The Skin I Live In (La Piel Que Habito), starring Antonio Banderas, begins with Banderas’ character, a surgeon named Robert...
