Third Paralympics for gentle footballing tough guy
Cameron Carr is going to Rio next month as a member of the wheelchair rugby team, often known as ...
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Luke 12:32-48 Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not be afraid any longer, little flock, for your ...
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It was a festival of colours, of different faces, languages, and stories, said Pope Francis in ...
View ArticleOut of rough terrain grows a paradise on earth
Today's lush and immaculately manicured Vatican Gardens were once just a sprawl of ...
View ArticleWhy is pilgrimage so attractive in the modern world?
One goes on pilgrimage, not just to see places, to see where it all happened, but to learn from ...
View Article'The Republican Party has left me by embracing Donald Trump'
Although leading Republicans still promote an agenda of national renewal more reflective of ...
View ArticleIf someone's saintly in the neighbourhood, who you gonna call?
Dominican Sister Nancy Murray, whose brother Bill Murray starred in the original Ghostbusters, is ...
View ArticleDear Bro: Berrigan brothers put pen to paper
For those who followed the lives of the Berrigan brothers, whether as admirers and supporters or ...
View ArticleBishop whose white handkerchief became an icon
Edward Daly, who as the bishop of Londonderry argued relentlessly for peace during an era of ...
View ArticleUp close with the 'recycled' priests of Vatican II
I've often wondered what happened to those priests I met right after the Second Vatican Council. ...
View ArticlePondering parallels between Francis and Paul VI
Although Paul VI and Francis represent different personality types, the parallels in their ...
View Article'The Creator made them male and female'
Matthew 19:3-12 Some Pharisees approached Jesus, and tested him, saying: "Is it lawful for a man ...
View ArticleBeing human: Fear of death and the afterlife
Unless you are already a full saint or a mystic, you will always live in some fear of death and ...
View ArticleEdith Stein, Carmelite religious who perished in Auschwitz
Edith Stein was born Jewish but after reading the life of St Teresa of Avila, she was received ...
View ArticleFrom Tiwi Islands to Poland, Bon stirred by call of mercy
Indigenous Catholic Bon Gerard Timaepatua, from the Tiwi Islands north of Darwin, recently spent ...
View ArticleBeautiful survivors: Glorious churches in the Middle East
Christianity is still widely represented across the Middle East, making up around five percent of ...
View ArticleMyriad meanings behind Rio's Christian icon
Christ the Redeemer, or Cristo Redentor, is perhaps the most recognisable Christian image in ...
View Article'The solar nun' moves a step closer to the sun
Environmentalists are mourning the death of Charity Sr Paula Gonzalez, a Cincinnati nun who spent ...
View ArticleFaith and Robert Kennedy's sense of public service
One arena in which Robert Kennedy had always shown his softer side was his faith. Robert ...
View ArticleSr Mary faced and embraced change: 'It keeps you alive'
In her 93 years, change has been a constant companion for Sr Mary Gregory SGS. But unlike many of ...
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