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
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What makes a good dad?
by GREG ERLANDSON (OSV News) Judging from media ... Read More about What makes a good dad?
The media organisation Bloomberg recently calculated that the Covid-19 pandemic will last for another seven years, if the rate of vaccination does not ramp up throughout the whole world. Under current rates of vaccination, the world – not just individual nations – will not reach herd immunity against the virus … Read More about Reaching out to the sick is pattern of salvation
by Sue Jones On the feast of the Holy Family, the priest told the congregation that he had prepared a homily earlier in the week. However, that morning, during the Divine Office, he was moved by Pope St Paul VI’s reflection on the Holy Family, written upon his visit to … Read More about Entry-level exprerience of contemplative life
Food and weight, and exercise, and being healthy. Such important topics that have disappeared off the radar, with the global pandemic still swirling around. For some people, managing their weight is really, really hard. For some people, it seems easy. We are all designed differently. The issue comes with food … Read More about Why is weight so hard for people?
by Alison Hale While utterly condemning sexual abuse on the part of some Catholic clergy and religious, I do have a problem in assessing situations only in terms of the knowledge and understanding of human psychology that we now have from the late 20th and early 21st centuries. A lot … Read More about A comprehension of the past
Unless a reign is short, a Roman Catholic pontiff will appoint most of the men who will vote for his successor. So started an article on the Pew Research website last November, after Pope Francis named a new group of cardinals. The article noted that Pope Francis has tilted “the … Read More about The face of the Church
by MICHAEL PARKER It was the morning during a World Cup rugby test, All Blacks vs. Ireland. The Mass started with the priest praying “let us acknowledge our faults to ready us for the work of worship”. Later, the priest – a true Kiwi – stated that numbers were down … Read More about Rugby and the Church in NZ
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