Saints are humans: They sin too
Junipero Serra and St Thomas More remind us that saints did not lead perfect lives. The saints ...
View ArticleCould Francis be any clearer about his vision for the Church?
It would have been fascinating to be a fly on the wall last Sunday in any number of Rome's ...
View ArticlePope goes on retreat, praises siblings, more Caritas
Pope Francis got away from the Vatican last Sunday for a few days and taking some of his ...
View ArticleSpeed dating, computers stolen, Copts in calendar
Speed dating a hit, computers stolen from Catholic schools, Bard manuscript exhibition, murdered ...
View ArticleThe Devil's doing: How lying became the worst sin
When we think about the devil these days, we tend to imagine a slightly comical fellow with red ...
View ArticleThe redemption of David Carr
Writer David Carr’s funeral was held recently at New York's St Ignatius Loyola Church, ...
View ArticleThe transfiguration of our Lord
After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where ...
View ArticleTeaching: Furthering God or stroking ego?
Is my teaching really about furthering God’s kingdom or about stoking my ego? I am not ...
View ArticleVisit to Philippines a 'good reality check'
When Brisbane couple Maureen and Paul Toohey decided to spend two weeks of their holidays with ...
View ArticleWilliam Friedkin on The Exorcist
American film director, producer, and screenwriter William Friedkin discusses the true ...
View ArticleEyes on Cardinal Pell as Pope decides on financial reform
Pope Francis's upcoming decision on the new legal framework for his financial oversight bodies ...
View ArticleKeeping the faith under threat of execution
The Islamic State’s beheading in August of journalist James Foley stirred global ...
View ArticleThe Pope back in St Peter's, Mass on Demand, and other videos
Refreshed by his week on retreat just outside Rome, the Pope came back to the Vatican and had a ...
View ArticleNew aged-care home, cyclone laundry, judging others
School reborn as aged-care facility, Queensland laundry helps cyclone victims, Francis to visit ...
View ArticleA priestly pioneer dead at 98
Australia's first Scalabrinian Missionary, Fr Dante Orsi, consecrated his life to serving God and ...
View ArticleJesus: Ancient and Modern
James Carroll confronts millennia of undisguised anti-Semitism, scriptural ...
View ArticleThe moneychangers are evicted
John 2:13-25When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the ...
View ArticleWhen fear masks itself as piety
It is easy to mistake piety for the genuine response that God wants of us, that is, to enter into ...
View ArticleOcean of faith repaid on Gold Coast
Nobody but God could have mustered the miraculous support Gold Coast priest Fr Tim Harris ...
View ArticleDigitisation of the Vatican Library manuscripts
Digita Vaticana Onlus is a non-profit organisation founded in 2013 to promote the conversion of ...
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