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Probably the most trusted adviser to Pope Francis, and a man who holds the position traditionally ...
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Tucked away just off a rocky road in the US State of Montana is a small community of women who ...
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The Swiss Guard is the world's smallest professional army. Now, an exhibition at the Vatican ...
View Article'But take courage, I have conquered the world.”
John 16:29-33 The disciples said to Jesus, “Now you are talking plainly, and not in ...
View ArticleProtest marches a part of Catholic 'deep democracy'
In a Catholic imagination, Christian participation in “deep democracy” is nothing if not an ...
View ArticleThe importance of the Pope's fine print
There is a touch of farce about the furtive footnotes of The Joy of Love, which have left ...
View ArticlePoet, prophet, and a giant among American Jesuits
Daniel Berrigan, the priest and poet who for decades challenged US Catholics to reject war and ...
View ArticleHumble woodman became a legend of Ormond College
Generations of Ormond College students in Melbourne would remember George Mounsey, limping along ...
View ArticlePiecing together the real life of infernal Italian genius
This biography is one of many that attempts to uncover the real Dante. At the outset I was ...
View ArticleMountain churches and meetings with remarkable teachers
For centuries, young men and boys have climbed the mountainsides of Northern Ethiopia, to study ...
View ArticleRevealed: The role model for Francis' idea of mercy
Francis has referred several times to an unnamed Argentine priest as an inspiration for his ...
View ArticleLooking for something beyond vague spiritual wanting
“Do you want God?” The retreat director’s question to me, a young nun preparing to renew ...
View ArticleContemporary visions of the Faces of Christ
In September, the Archdiocese of Omaha will be sponsoring a Catholic Artists Conference, which ...
View Article'This is my commandment: Love one another as I love you . . .'
John 15:9-17 Jesus said to his disciples: “As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain ...
View ArticleCaptured by the mystery of the Church, aided by a Jesuit
When a Protestant pastor went to a series of talks by the late Fr Gregory Jordan SJ in Toowoomba, ...
View ArticleStructural changes essential to ensure reforms endure
After three uplifting years under Francis, many progressive Catholics have again become worried ...
View ArticleMothers, grandmothers - and Sisters
Sr Rita Cameron says her grandchildren didn't lose a grandma when she became a Sister. They ...
View ArticleThe girl who knew she wanted to be a nun and teacher
When Barbara Bochat was eight, she told her parents she wanted to be a teacher, but not ...
View ArticleThe book on Augustine that AN Wilson was waiting for
"I have read Augustine’s Confessions three times without properly understanding its purpose. ...
View ArticleUnderstanding the perplexing role of faith in the fear of death
Perhaps the most confusing of all truths about dying is this: Why did Jesus, the paragon of ...
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