As 2023 draws to a close, it is customary to look back over the year that has been. This year started with the news that Pope Benedict XVI had died on the last day of 2022. So it seems fitting, that in the build-up to Christmas, 2023, we conclude the calendar year with some reflections … Read More about The First-born of all that is
Opinion
Democracy and governments and politics
We have a new government. The previous one was in ... Read More about Democracy and governments and politics
Evangelisation
We had the privilege of having a family holiday in ... Read More about Evangelisation
What makes a good dad?
by GREG ERLANDSON (OSV News) Judging from media ... Read More about What makes a good dad?
EDITORIAL For thousands of years, indigenous peoples lived free in their territories. When European monarchies arrived in the Western Hemisphere during the so-called Age of Discovery, they claimed the lands, territories and resources of such peoples.
by Fr Ron Rolheiser OMI Today we no longer understand the value and power of ritual. This is more than an individual failing. It’s the cultural air we breathe. In the words of Robert L. Moore, we’ve gone “ritually tone deaf”. The effects of this can be seen everywhere. Allow … Read More about The value and power of ritual
by Michael Hempseed A few years ago I went along to a Church meeting in England. It was basically a How-to-Fix-the- Church meeting.
by Fr Ronald Rolheiser Several years ago, the movie Argo won the Academy award as the best movie of the year.
Editorial Comments by a Nelson school principal about an overblown sense of entitlement among young people have touched one of New Zealand’s most sensitive nerves.
by Bishop Thomas Tobin After attending Sunday Mass in Florida not too long ago I came across the following admonition in the Sunday bulletin: “Please come to Mass early enough not to disrupt. Leave late enough not to insult. (The Mass does not end until the final blessing). Worship reverently … Read More about Bishop vents about dress standards, behaviour at Mass
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