I have been privileged . . . to be an observer at the Second Session of the Fifth Plenary Council of the Church in Australia. The previous council was held in 1937. It has been wonderful to be here for these days, as the assembly reflected together on the vision for the Church in Australia … Read More about Cardinal John Dew reflects on the Plenary Council in Sydney
Opinion
Neighbourhoods
Many people lament that they don’t really know ... Read More about Neighbourhoods
About LGBTQ+
There are men and women whose attraction is to the ... Read More about About LGBTQ+
Peace during this ‘Easter of War’
By Dr JOHN EVANGELISTA Nearly 2000 years after ... Read More about Peace during this ‘Easter of War’
Ian Fleming’s minor role in the war drama Operation Mincemeat was greatly outweighed by his later fame as an author. Fleming, an officer in British Naval Intelligence, had earlier been in charge of Operation Goldeneye, a stay-behind plan to prevent a possible alliance between Spain’s Generalissimo Franco and the Axis … Read More about The Godfather after 50 years
By MICHAEL PARKER I returned to the Catholic church in 1991 as a cradle Catholic, who fell out of the cradle and out of the Church as a teenager. I was 26 years old, and had the good fortune to fall in with a group of dedicated and enthusiastic young … Read More about My walk with the divine office
by JOHN EVANGELISTA “Then many will fall away, and they will betray one another, and will hate one another. And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. And because of the increase of lawlessness, the love of many will grow cold. But the one who endures to the … Read More about Burning love that endures to the end
By P.J. Cullinane People have told us often enough that “Church language” simply by-passes them. Of course, language is a two-way street: the Church’s language (in all its forms, not just its words) is meant to form us; we in turn shape it for different times and cultures. For both … Read More about MAKING MORE CONNECTIONS
Being in the red Covid Protection Framework setting involves a lot of waiting. We wait for many things, such as the daily case numbers. We have waited for an end to the protest at Parliament over vaccine mandates. We wait to see loved ones return from overseas. We wait to … Read More about Time of waiting is time for prayer
By MICHAEL HEMPSEED Let’s face it, Catholics want to pretend the abuse crisis never happened. When I have heard Catholics talk about this, they say things like, “It was only a small number of priests”, “They should never have been admitted to the priesthood in the first place”, or “We … Read More about Responding to the abuse crisis
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