California legal clinic brings mercy to the legal system
In a bid to bring mercy into the application of the law, Oakland, California, lawyer Tom Greerty ...
View ArticleThe Chilcot Report, the Iraq war, and the law in Australia
What steps did the federal government take to ensure that Australia's involvement in the war in ...
View ArticleThe Papal tailors, Gammarelli, now unto the sixth generation
Beginning with Pope Pius IX in 1846, the Gammarelli family has dressed and shod popes. The family ...
View Article'Ask and you will receive; seek and you will find'
Luke 11:1-13 Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished, one of his disciples ...
View ArticleWhen the unexpected breaks through our defences
At a young man's funeral I found it incredibly painful to witness the grief of the broken-hearted ...
View Article"Green sisters" pioneer US Church's eco-movement
Religious women and men have always responded to the pressing need of the historical moment, ...
View ArticleAlbanian martyr example of women's genius
Maria Tuci, one of 38 Albanian martyrs who were brutally executed under the country's former ...
View ArticleMurdered French priest kept doing what he loved
Like many people who enjoy their work, Fr Jacques Hamel did not want to stop. At 85, he was well ...
View ArticleTrying to make sense of enigmatic Mary Magdalene
The biblical figure of Mary Magdalene has been “interpreted and misinterpreted, just as Jesus ...
View ArticleFrom underground in Solidarity to diplomat
In 2013 Marcin Bosacki officially began his post as Poland's ambassador to Canada, capping a ...
View ArticleUnflappable Vatican spokesman gives his exit interview
The minimalist, ironic Papal media spokesman, Fr Federico Lombardi SJ, leaves the office this ...
View Article'Friend, who appointed me as your judge and arbitrator?'
Luke 12:13-21 Someone in the crowd said to Jesus, "Teacher, tell my brother to share the ...
View ArticleThe sign and the symbol of God's mercy
In my own spiritual reflections in this Year of Mercy, I have returned again and again to a ...
View ArticleWorth the trip: Avila's colourful stone carvings
Restoration of the shrine in Avila in Castilian Spain has rejuvenated a vibrant multi-coloured ...
View ArticleCelia's journey from dentist to Carmelite nun
It was on her 30th birthday when Celia Ashton first stepped inside the monastery of the Carmelite ...
View ArticleUp close with the keeper of John Paul’s flame
Under St Pope John Paul II, no-one had a more vital role than Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, who ...
View ArticlePoland plays a waiting game when it comes to Popes
The Polish bishops will have given Pope Francis a suitably polite welcome in Kraków. But behind ...
View ArticleSuccessor to St John Paul as Archbishop of Kraków
Cardinal Franciszek Macharski rose from being a menial labourer during World War II to become the ...
View ArticleCandid conversation about faith, life and dating
Megan Finegan and Kaylin Koslosky are not theologians, journalists, or youth ministers. But the ...
View ArticleWhat sort of future awaits the Church in Cuba?
Will tomorrow's Cuban Church follow the Polish model where accommodation went hand in hand with ...
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