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Notre Dame professor's award, asylum seeker protest, Church land targeted by property ...
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American Franciscan friar, Catholic priest, retreat master, author, psychologist, activist, ...
View ArticleHail Miryam, full of grace
Amnesia about the Jewishness of Jesus - and his family - has a long history in Christianity. This ...
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The real dramas in Catholic life, says Monsignor Peter Fleetwood, centre around the ...
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As Good Samaritan Sister Jeanie Heininger looks back, she says she is enormously thankful God ...
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Matthew 22: 1-14 “Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying: ‘The kingdom of heaven ...
View ArticleA glossary of Synod-speak
Say what? If you are a little confused about the language of the current Synod in Rome, TIME ...
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Church architecture reflects not only faith, but time and place, as well as local ...
View ArticleAnti-poverty week, Governor-General at CatholicCare
Sesquicentenary of Christian Brothers education, one in seven Australians living in poverty, ...
View ArticleVatican stuns world media, Irish Church on the move
Hong Kong protesters praised by Velvet Revolution bishop, Cardinal Pell on "climate of ...
View ArticleAugustus remembered, 2000 years after his death
In 44 BC, when Julius Caesar was killed, Augustus was just a teenager in his household. On the ...
View ArticlePursued by the Nazis, saved by the collar, blessed by the Pope
Bill Wyatt was a PoW on the run in Italy who disguised himself as a priest and was blessed by ...
View ArticleRender unto Caesar: The Pharisees try to trick Christ
Matthew 22: 15-21: Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his ...
View ArticleHow would Jesus handle criticism?
When we are faced with criticism, a primal instinct kicks in: we feel threatened, instantly ...
View ArticleInside the Synod: 'A message of accompaniment'
On day nine of the Family Synod, Salt and Light TV recorded this special report, which includes ...
View ArticleThe welcome that makes a stranger into a friend
As a sign of commitment to dialogue as a way of life among the Muslims, we decided to pitch our ...
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