Tag: Catholicism

there is still the tendency for me to default into using phrases of common prayers from The Book of Common Prayer (1662), such as “the quick and the dead” instead of “the living and the dead”

A week ago, my friend and colleague Peter Holmes published an article ‘Missing Mass? Don’t complain…’ Its focus is not so much on those...

“Dear Father, I am disturbed by the fact that some Catholic politicians have voted for the legalisation of abortion in this country. For me,...

US bishop and popular author Bishop Robert Barron has spoken of a “huge pastoral failure” by the Church during a highly anticipated discussion with...

“I think that Catholicism ... that’s as sane as people can get” world-famous psychologist Dr Jordan Peterson has said in an interview widely circulated...

Israel Folau, one of Australia’s greatest rugby players, had his contract terminated weeks before the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Israel’s sin? Reminding people in a...

Meet the man who was inspired by the poetry of Les Murray to enter the Catholic Church. Benjamin Drake, a 32-year-old motion designer for a...

When Les Murray received an honorary D.Litt degree from the University of New England in 1990, he began his acceptance speech in an unusual...

“Dear Father, My uncle is a yoga instructor and a practising Catholic. I thought yoga was somehow not compatible with our faith. Can you...

Sydney’s globally renowned Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is upon us again. Taxpayers’ money has been poured into creating a new purpose-built, rainbow pedestrian crossing...