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When I was a child there was a popular song which said: "Everyone is searching for Utopia." And ...
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Born in Winnipeg, Canada, Fr Brian Kolodiejchuk, MC, is the postulator of the Cause of ...
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View ArticleMuslims should hear both Francis and Cardinal Burke
Cardinal Raymond Burke can rankle people with his unwillingness to dial down his fairly hardline ...
View ArticleThe holy trinity of meaning beneath Mother Teresa's sainthood
Mother Teresa will stand forever as a human user’s guide to what mercy looks like in practice. ...
View ArticleVivid portrait of American Catholic icons
Russell Shaw's new book provides an informative portrait gallery of 15 important characters in ...
View ArticleDefender of the faith, campaigner against abortion
Phyllis Schlafly, who was a leading US advocate for a range of conservative causes, including ...
View ArticleFour reasons for our harsh asylum-seeker policy
Australia’s descent into a “uniquely harsh” border control to stop asylum-seekers can be ...
View ArticleBishop drives 12 hours to be with Mother Teresa Sisters
Missionaries of Charity Sisters living in the first Australian house that Mother Teresa opened ...
View Article'Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?'
Luke 6:1-5 While Jesus was going through a field of grain on a Sabbath, his disciples were ...
View ArticleVocation must be embraced in its broadest sense
Vocation must be recognised and fostered within every person. There can be no special status for ...
View ArticleChristian music's own Bono, with an accordion
Bob Rice is a teacher at Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, a youth minister, a father ...
View ArticleAmazing grace, how sweet the sound: Music with visceral power
I wanted to put God on the witness stand to defend my friend's death, or at least explain it. I ...
View ArticleChallenges on all sides confirm Mother Teresa's convictions
Many on the Left disliked Mother Teresa's pro-life position, while some Catholic traditionalists ...
View ArticleSisters takin' it to the streets of Sicily for African refugees
"I think politicians are almost unable to know where to begin to solve this," says Sr Patricia ...
View ArticleRich insights into the role of God in human suffering
"I was well into reading my friend Fr Brendan Purcell’s beautiful book on suffering when the ...
View ArticleMan of letters was twice editor of The Catholic Herald
Gerard Noel, the only person to have twice been the editor of The Catholic Herald, has died aged ...
View ArticleCelebrating the enduring joy of their old school friendship
When a group of young girls started at St Margaret Mary’s School in Croydon 80 years ago, ...
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