Is Pope Francis bigger than The Beatles?
It's fifty years since The Beatles took America by storm. The world has never seen anything like ...
View ArticleAIDS, Vatican survey, Baby Pope
UN & Caritas battle AIDS, Quebec Charter, British diocese publishes survey, UK poverty row, ...
View ArticlePope appoints Comensoli for Sydney
Emmanuel Community, Knights of Southern Cross, liturgical music, Presentation Sisters at ...
View ArticleAbraham's troubled children
It all too often seems forgotten that Mary and her son, Jesus, were observant Jews. Islam ...
View ArticleSo long, farewell to Maria von Trapp
Maria von Trapp, who has died aged 99, was the last of the original Trapp Family Singers, whose ...
View ArticleConsider the lilies of the field
Matthew 6:24-34 Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. {split here} 'No ...
View ArticleDon't worry, be happy?
Can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life? A reflection fromJohn W ...
View ArticlePalestine: The View from Bethlehem University
What's the first thing that comes to you mind when you hear the word 'Palestinians'? If you ...
View ArticleThe Pope who faced the rise of Hitler
Pius XI was Pope for the inter-war period and faced the rise of Mussolini, Stalin and Hitler. He ...
View ArticleReal Sister Acts: Nun chart-toppers and the age of vinyl
Sr Janet Mead's rendition ofThe Lord's Prayer wasan international smash-hit in 1973, ...
View ArticleFor whom the Pell tolls: Francis picks Aussie to fix finances
Cardinal George Pell is about to become one of the highest ranking Catholics in the world. He ...
View ArticleProject Compassion, Homebush vigil, centenary
Asylum seekers, Diamond Creek Centenary, Knights of Southern Cross, Dominican Sisters' Homebush ...
View ArticleSt Teresa of Avila, Lourdes grotto, 20 churches burn
Rogue trader repents, Cardinal Turkson criticises anti-gay laws, changes at Lourdes, Buddhists to ...
View ArticleSlan agus Beannacht to Chieftains whistler
'Goodbye and blessings' to Sean Potts, founding member of The Chieftains. This 'champion of Irish ...
View ArticleOn Heaven and Earth, by Pope Francis
On Heaven and Earth is an expansive dialogue between the then Jorge Bergoglio (now Pope Francis) ...
View ArticleSpringtime for the soul
We have entered a time for contemplation, penance and renewal, as we await the joys of Easter, ...
View ArticleMatthew 6:24-34 - God and Mammon
'No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he ...
View ArticleCardinal Ratzinger: Radiating joy from a small Church
As we mark a year since his resignation, we return to an enlightening TV interview - still the ...
View ArticleResidence fit for an an emperor, the popes and now for us
The 'people's Pontiff' has decreed that the gardens of the spectacular Papal summer residence ...
View ArticleBenedict the Meek
There’s no question that Francis is shaking up the Church in new and profound ways. But for ...
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