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Presenting a Christian understanding of health
United States theologian Tyler VanderWeele will discuss his new book, A Theology of Health: Wholeness and Human Flourishing, in a webinar hosted by Australian Catholic University’s Plunkett Centre for Ethics.
Priest offers message of hope to pornography addicts
An Auckland priest has published a book about combating online pornography and receiving healing and freedom. Source: Auckland Diocese.
All’s quiet on the book club front
The Discalced Carmelites of the Australia-Oceania region have launched a new initiative aimed at sharing their charism of prayer, silence, and community – a silent online book club.
Notre Dame historian offers new insight into the Kennedys
A historian at the University of Notre Dame Australia has scooped her American colleagues with a “micro-history” of the Kennedy family. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Father honours father ‘with labour of love’
Fr Frank Brennan SJ said it was “a particular joy for the family” to see his late father, Sir Gerard Brennan, honoured with the launch of a two-volume collection of Sir Gerard’s articles and speeches. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Miraculous stories go from Page to book
God’s grace in daily life has been captured in a new book by Brisbane journalist and writer Lorraine Page. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Student writes book on friend who survived horror of Yazidi genocide
Emma Stinson, a year 11 student at St Ursula’s College, Toowoomba, has given a voice to a friend and fellow student with a story the world must hear. Source: Toowoomba Diocese.
Pope Leo’s election inspires Sydney priest to write book
A Parramatta priest has written a book on the theological currents linking four major figures in Church history and modern leadership: St Augustine of Hippo, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis, and the recently elected Pope Leo XIV. Source: Catholic Outlook.
Special delivery: Australian priest gives Pope Leo first biography
Fr Tony Banks, an Australian Augustinian priest based in Rome, has hand-delivered to Pope Leo XIV a copy of the first English-language biography about the pope. Source: The Southern Cross.