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Monica Doumit: violence against women comes in many forms – and not just from...
Friday 25 November marks White Ribbon Day, a national day for the prevention of violence against women. The theme for this year is that...
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP: Ours is an age of Martyrs
Antiochus IV ruled the Seleucid empire, including Israel, from 175 to 164BC. He styled himself Epiphanes, “the Manifest God”, which his Jewish captives deliberately...
Simcha Fisher: thank God for refusing to be nailed down
As a compulsive reader, I'll forgive a mixed metaphor or two, if the material is interesting enough. You're taking arms against a sea of...
Mercy With Misery: what the pope’s apostolic letter said
(Catholic News Agency) Athough the Jubilee of Mercy has ended, Pope Francis has decided that some of the novelties he applied to the Church...
Pope issues apostolic letter at conclusion of Year of Mercy – full text
Misericordia et misera
Apostolic Letter of Pope Francis at the Conclusion of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (text edited by The Catholic Herald, UK).
FRANCIS
TO ALL...
Fr John Flader: evidence for life after death from purgatory and hell
Question: Dear Father, You said in a recent column that you were going to offer more evidence for life after death, besides Our Lady’s fulfilled prophecy...
‘This is how we do it’: Jesus takes centre stage in Sydney as now-pastor...
Jesus took centre stage at Australia’s biggest RnB party on 18 November as former music superstar turned pastor, Montell Jordan, took time during his...
Mark Shea: the power to conquer sin, not simply to identify it
Last time, in this space, we looked at the way Matthew and Luke arrange and relate similar batches of sayings from Jesus in order...
Sparks fly over Amoris Laetitia as Archbishop Chaput bucks corporate Catholic criticism
Archbishop Charles Chaput was asked about critical remarks by Cardinal-designate Kevin Farrell on how dioceses implemented Amoris Laetitia.
Cardinal-designate Kevin Farrell believes the US bishops...
Schools rebuilding strength this Christmas with the Vinnies Train
Have you been lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the Vinnies Train? The Vinnies Train was designed and built by volunteer parents from...
Nevermind ‘Zombie Jesus’, we are the walking dead says Redeeming Flesh author Matthew Tan
The first time my kids played ‘zombies’, some friends were over and our kids were playing with theirs. It was summertime and there was...
Monica Doumit: Hillary Clinton’s loss felt good, but not for long
In season four of The West Wing, two of the President’s staffers are arguing about the communication strategy for the upcoming presidential election. Toby...
