‘We can’t fight future wars without Aquinas’
Ten years ago I wrote a book with Sir Michael Quinlan, who was a noted scholar, a staunch ...
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to meet the Pope next month, the Church stands up ...
View ArticlePriest loses truck, Maitland cathedral, Philippines response
Fr Kevin Mullins has his truck stolen while speaking at Juarez in Mexico, a plan for the ...
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She was born to be the wife of a politician - but who could have guessed that the daughter of a ...
View ArticleA missionary soul goes home
Bishop Tony Burgess, recently retired as the Bishop of Wewak in Papua-New Guinea, has died after ...
View ArticleScalabrinian worker for Christ
Adelaide parish priest Father Emilio Vaccaro celebrated his 50th anniversary as a Scalabrinian ...
View ArticleCardinal Zen: Vatican and China
Cardinal Joseph Zen says the Vatican must speak more clearly on religious liberty in ...
View ArticleReligious life is alive and well
Religious life is alive and well in the women and men who serve others with listening ears and a ...
View ArticleThe people stayed there before the cross
Luke 23:35-43The people stayed there before the cross watching Jesus. As for the leaders, ...
View ArticleWhy scholarship trumps archaeology
In a recent interview, Father Jerome Murphy-O’Connor, who died this month, argues the pen is ...
View ArticleHow faith can disentangle society from fossil fuels
What is the proper role of people of faith in Australia in fighting climate change? For signs of ...
View ArticleCanberra clergy, school named, communion nutrition
Canberra clergy on the move, a new Maitland school in NSW is named after Aloysius and WA ...
View ArticleSaudi persecution, Gospel lessons Croatian vote
The Saudi persecution of Christians is raised at a conference, the film Philomena has lessons ...
View ArticleThe ‘Prison Angel’: an exemplar of love and works
Mother Antonia Brenner was a twice-divorced socialite who renounced Hollywood glitz to live as a ...
View ArticleThe voice of God?
A brilliant, festive study of JS Bach uses literature and painting to illuminate his ...
View ArticleBrisbane priest moved to tears in Philippines
Brisbane Filipino community chaplain Fr Marce Singson said his heart was broken to see the damage ...
View ArticleThe New Evangelisation
One of the first times that the phrase "the new evangelisation" was heard was in John Paul II's ...
View ArticleSo will it be when the Son of Man comes.
Matthew 24:37-44Jesus said to his disciples: 'As it was in Noah's day, so will it be ...
View ArticleMisguided loyalties
Simone Weil was a woman of exceptional faith. She was also a woman with an unwavering commitment ...
View ArticleLessons in leadership from Pope Francis
Many politicians don't so much govern as self-promote, with little thought of making the world a ...
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