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Applause as Pope Francis visits Rome synagogue
While the Catholic Church affirms that salvation comes through Jesus, it also recognises that God is faithful and has not revoked his covenant with...
The Sydney event recapturing the spirit of authentic courtship
An event where everybody knows why they are there: the prospect of making a connection with someone; a person who they might eventually go...
Sacred Heart revisited
Dominic and Frances Attard went back to where their married life began on Christmas Eve, celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary at the 5pm Mass at...
99-year-old former POW celebrates 80 years in the habit
Sr Berenice Twohill celebrated 80 years as a Daughter of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, one of nine anniversaries of profession for the order...
Is it accurate? Is it worth posting? Is it safe?
In one of his recent reflections on family life, Pope Francis declared that, “a family that chooses to watch TV or play with their...
Dear Father, please don’t mess with the Mass
In all the 16 documents of the Second Vatican Council, is there any prescription more regularly violated than General Norm 22.3 of the Constitution...
What do we know about Our Lady of Mercy?
Dear Father, I read recently that Pope Francis has written to a bishop about some apparitions of Our Lady known as Our Lady of...
Election time: wild card, joker or Trump card?
Commentators analysing the current decline in interest have made various predictions about what it may mean for Australia, given that a federal election is...
A year for showing myself mercy
We have a big February coming up, with three of our five children starting at new schools – including one starting kindy and our...
Care for the sick, frail and elderly – Archbishop Fisher’s message from hospital bed
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP has urged all young and healthy Catholics to develop a special concern for the frail, sick and elderly, saying he...
Religious persecution – is Mindanao the new Iraq?
Areas of the Philippine island of Mindanao are descending into the same sort of anti-Christian persecution witnessed in Iraq, an Italian missionary priest has...
Archbishop Fisher responding well to treatment amid deluge of prayers
Messages of support, well wishes and prayers have been streaming in for the Archbishop of Sydney as he recovers from an immune related condition...
