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The retired Primate of Hungary, Cardinal László Paskai, who led the Hungarian Church as ...
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When Sister Clement Baseden, who turns 88 this month, is asked how she looks back on her long and ...
View ArticleFrancis to see just a small part of US on this first visit
In all his nearly 79 years, Pope Francis has never once been to the United States of ...
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There are two big questions to ask a convert: Why did you do it and are you happy? Answering the ...
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Notre Dame gets thumbs up from students, English bishop declares environmental alert in diocese, ...
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Padre Pietro Lavini, who has died aged 88, was an Italian friar dubbed “God’s Builder” by ...
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Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come ...
View ArticleToday we are experiencing new ways of being Church
The Church is no longer a European Church but a global Church. Our own missionary society ...
View ArticleNot only keeping, but deepening, the faith at university
Attending university is a life-changing experience. As young people strike out on their own for ...
View ArticleA life dedicated to helping others
The sheer breadth of Joan Bremner’s contributions and responsibilities at Brisbane’s Mater ...
View ArticlePhoto gallery: 50 years of Papal visits to the US
The Pontiff's trip to the US next month is the latest in a long line of Papal visits there. The ...
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