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Mark Shea: The Bible is dopey stories for cretins? Time to think again
As I mentioned last time in this space, we often have the perception of the gospels as more or less unstructured ragbags of "tales...
Monica Doumit: serious questions need answers in wake of Catholic professional standards body announcement
(Update: read the response of Sr Ruth Durick OSU and Archbishop Mark Coleridge to this opinion piece)
Last week, the Australian Catholic bishops announced the...
Simcha Fisher: praise God and cut corners, that’s how
"I don't know how you do it!" I hear this exclamation all the time – when we're loading up the shopping cart with another...
The Catholic Weekly 2016 Readership Survey
We have launched a readership survey with the hope of hearing from you about what you do and don’t like about The Catholic Weekly...
The Catholic Weekly Reader Competition (Competition) – Terms and Conditions
The Catholic Weekly Reader Competition (Competition) - Terms and Conditions
By entering the Competition each entrant (You) agrees to be bound by these terms...
Defy ‘thought police’ and stand up for what is right says ACL head Lyle...
Christians are the most persecuted group in the Middle East, indeed in the world today, according to Lyle Shelton of the Australian Christian Lobby,...
Repeat offenders: why people keep coming back to the Christus Rex pilgrimage
Generally, when people go on pilgrimage, it’s a once-in-a-lifetime thing. Take, for example, the Camino de Santiago, a gruelling 790km trek across the top...
Editorial: what good is a politician, and what good do they serve?
Recent media reports of the status quo around childcare and schooling in Australia leave us wondering whether there is anyone left in either the...
Mark Shea: a grace mightier than the law
As we saw last time in this space, Matthew's purpose in giving us an apparent grab-bag jumble of miracle stories in Matthew 8-9 is...
Pope Francis: don’t be afraid of doubt, let it drive you deeper
Everyone experiences doubts about the faith at times – “I have many times,” Pope Francis said – but such doubts can be “a sign...
Fr John Flader: God or His eternal absence – wanna bet?
Question: Dear Father, I remember hearing once about an argument for living as if there were life after death called Pascal’s wager. Can you enlighten...
Dr Stephen McInerney: fairy dust needed if Great Books are ever to take root
There is a great deal of talk in Liberal Arts Colleges about “The Great Books”, a phrase that usually refers to the seminal works...
