A mixed menu: schools get tough on web bullies and young pilgrims prepare for WYD. Mt Isa has a new Catholic social services centre, and in Canberra the Chief Justice of the High Court (pictured) spoke on ethics and the law. Sister Anne's move to Lithgow
Vaccinations, a statue and an apparition
02-Jul-2011
A week marked by dispute and also adoration: Californian bishops spoke out on children's vaccinations, a poll found Austrians don't trust the church, the head of the US John Jay college criticised media coverage of its abuse
Commander and committed Christian
02-Jul-2011
Leading the men of the 8th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment combined honour, duty and responsibility for Colonel Keith O'Neill, not just during its tour of operations in Vietnam in 1969-70 but until his final days. Despite the torrential rain in
Finding God in painful moments
02-Jul-2011
Mark Mossa SJ, Already There: Letting God Find You (St Anthony Messenger Press) $A22.95Mark E. Thibodeaux SJ, God's Voice Within: The Ignatian Way to Discover God's Will (Loyola Press) $A23.95 St Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus, meant
Funnyman Colbert's serious sermon
02-Jul-2011
American TV satirist Stephen Colbert's commencement speech at Northwestern university wasn't as funny as Conan O'Brien's at Dartmouth, but the inevitable 'now I'm serious kids, please keep listening' section was far better – it was pretty much a
Life to me is Christ
02-Jul-2011
On July 26 I will be 75 years old. For young people it probably sounds very old. For myself it doesn't seem old at all, says the Archbishop of Brisbane, John Bathersby, in a speech given earlier this year, and published in the Catholic
The chairman of Britain's Equality and Human Rights Commission, Trevor Phililps, has attacked "fashionable" views mocking and marginalising religion and say his Commission will stand up for believers, reports the Sunday Telegraph in
Whoever eats of this bread will live forever
25-Jun-2011
John 6:51-58 ‘I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.’ 52 The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying,
The great feast of Corpus Christi is about more than the Eucharist, because the Eucharist is about more than the Eucharist, writes Michael McKenna, the Bishop of Bathurst. The Eucharistic moment expands back in time to include the Last Supper and beyond
The continuing relevance of St Peter
25-Jun-2011
In this segment from the film Who Cares About The Saints?, Rev James Martin of America magazine discusses the life of St Peter and how his experiences may speak to our own today. June 29 is the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul. Who Cares About the
Elizabeth Johnson, the professor of theology at Fordham University, whose book was criticised by the US Bishops' Conference --- There’s not one habit or Roman collar in the crowd. As some 260 religion professors sit in an auditorium in New
New parish in Qld, bibles on show in Melbourne
25-Jun-2011
A geographically varied agenda; new priest takes over south of Sydney, a fresh parish created near Brisbane, the Social Inclusion Commissioner in SA was criticised over travel claims, and an exhibition of bibles opened in Melbourne. Fr Ken's juggling
Some deep-seated issues underpin this week's menu: Scotland is tackling a new outbreak of sectarian violence in football, Peru's archbishop defended a cardinal's stand against forced sterilisation, and Caritas welcomed a treaty on labour conditions. On a
Chilean painter's soulfully enriched colours
25-Jun-2011
Claudio Bravo, a Chilean-born artist whose technically dazzling trompe-l'oeil paintings blended hyperrealism and classical Spanish influences, died earlier this month at his home in Morocco. He was 74. After working in Madrid in the 1960s and establishing a
Papal trivial pursuit
25-Jun-2011
John Julius Norwich, The Popes: a history Chatto and Windus $A60John Julius Norwich is the author of histories of Norman Sicily, the Byzantine Empire and, most recently, The Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean. He has also written on architecture,
Snip poses a dilemma over religious freedom
25-Jun-2011
San Francisco voters in November will be asked to weigh in on what was until now a private family matter: male circumcision. City elections officials say an initiative that would ban the circumcision of males younger than 18 in San Francisco has received
The Rev France Davis doesn't want any nude Adam-and-Eve figures at his Calvary Baptist Church - even if they were painted by the famed Michelangelo himself, reports the Religion News Service, in an article published in the Huffington Post. Davis is
For God so loved the world
18-Jun-2011
John 3:16 - 18 ‘For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. 17 Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the
Years ago I took a job in a Catholic adult education centre solely because of the team’s desire to work towards building an adult Church, writes Patty Fawkner SGS in The Good Oil. . “Towards an adult Church” was our mantra and our goal. Our
The life and times of Thomas Merton
18-Jun-2011
This online video is a segment from the DVD Who Cares about the Saints?, and contains a brief introduction to the life and times of Fr Thomas Merton. RELATED COVERAGE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seven_Storey_Mountain
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