Tag: Catholic
Mark Shea: Discover our best-kept secret
The Catholic genius and the dignity of the human person
Last time in this space, we looked at heresy and its modern manifestation, ideology.
We noted...
Colombian bishop uses fire truck to bless city
Desperate times call for creative measures in Buenaventura, a city rocked by poverty and increasing violence.
Simcha Fisher: 10 ways to let the pandemic shape your Lent
Didn't we just have Lent? Aren't we going through it still?
It comes as a shock every year when I look at the calendar and...
Archbishop Fisher lifts dispensation as restrictions ease
Changes across greater Sydney bring relief to parishes in time for the beginning of Lent.
Mark Shea: What is a heresy?
The first of three-part series on heresy
Modernity has been conditioned to think of orthodoxy as a stiff and stodgy thing, closed to new ideas...
Simcha Fisher: Hell is paved with the skulls of online Catholics
Living life and faith online is a double-edged sword
"It's not real life; it's just online."
This is something I've heard a lot over the last...
Pope to meet top Shiite leader in Iraq
Chaldean Catholic patriarch confirms trip will go ahead
Cardinal Louis Sako, the Baghdad-based patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, told reporters on 28 January that...
Monica Doumit: I applaud US bishops on Biden statement
Controversial welcome was entirely appropriate
Well, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) was in a bit of a flurry last week, wasn’t it?
For those...
Drawn to the Land Down Under
NSW southern highlands parish and Vinnies rescue a Belgian family stranded in Australia.
Simcha Fisher: Learn to tolerate other people’s discomfort
I'm a member of numerous women's groups, and one question comes up time and time again: Someone I care about (my mother, my adult...
60 years a Brother with no regrets
Reflecting his 60th jubilee, Br Mark Ryan said he's been exactly where God wanted him.
Care Squares for Charity
Bethlehem College's Wrap With Love sees students knitting for a cause.
Students and staff at Bethlehem Catholic College Ashfield have been giving up their lunchtimes...
