Tag: Catholic
St George’s dragon is Michael’s Galovic’s passion
St George’s victory in battle over the last dragon has captured imaginations of iconographers for centuries, including Michael Galovic, who will exhibit 12 new icons dedicated to the saint in Sydney this month
Fortify your faith this Lent, with Fearless
EWTN personality Chris Stefanick created the Lenten resource to help Catholics face their fears and understand better how to spiritually and practically overcome them
Are the ‘Nones’ a sign of decline or God at work...
Celebrated theologian and philosopher Monsignor Tomáš Halík shared his insights and experience on ministering to atheists and spiritual seekers with Australian audiences this month.
On God’s beat: police officer among 200 new Catholics welcomed into...
Police officer Nathan Kohutek says becoming Catholic has made him a better husband and father, and has given him a new perspective on his job
Simcha Fisher: Some thoughts on the dreams of children
One day, a child came snuffling and sobbing down the stairs in the morning, and when I asked what was the matter, she said,...
Why I stay Catholic
Some time ago, I had a memorable dream. I dreamed that I had barged in on a plan to renovate our local church building,...
Future doctor of the church? Benedict XVI scholars say German professor-pope stands the...
By Maria Wiering
Beginning well before he was elected pope in 2005, Pope Benedict XVI made substantial contributions to theology and Catholic thought through his prolific writing,...
Father Ian Ker: Newman’s brilliant interpreter
We first met Fr Ian Ker (Ker pronounced “car”) in Australia in the early 1990s. It was in a slightly comical but telling circumstance...
At rock bottom, find new hope in this Christmas Manger: Pope
Christ was born to touch people's hearts and show that love is the power that changes the course of history, Pope Francis said.
However, the...
A Christmas message from Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP
After a year of terrible war in Ukraine and disastrous floods closer to home, in which people have lost loved ones, homes, livelihoods, where...
Brutal reality of new NT law
Debates over religious freedom can be a little confusing. Anti-discrimination laws exist at a federal, state and territory level and amendments to these laws...
The wine which prefigures an eternal and heavenly banquet
Some years ago a mind I revere, Fr Herbert McCabe, spoke about why we couldn’t consecrate burgers and Coca-Cola at mass. One good answer...
