THE global forces of the United States and the Russian Federation are again at war, together with their regional stakeholders, purportedly against terrorist forces, in Syria. I am no expert […]

IT is easy to let prayer slip. I know, as a priest, with an obligation to the daily prayer of the Church (Breviary), that an activity or appointment becomes an […]

RECENTLY I spent some days with three other Bishops at the Royal College of St Alban in Valladolid, Spain. The college was founded in 1589 for the training of priests […]

THIS week we are encouraged to make the theme of God’s creation central. The Liturgy Committee organised a Vigil last Wednesday on this very theme. Today I thought I would […]

BISHOP Vincent Long, recently appointed Bishop of Parramatta, previously Auxiliary Bishop to the Western Region of Melbourne, gave an address, the Ann D Clark Lecture. It was a refreshingly honest […]

THE protagonist of the little parable about the “foolish rich man” is a landowner like those known by Jesus in Galilee. Powerful men who ruthlessly exploited farm-workers, thinking only about […]

THERE has been an undercurrent of criticism from some people and groups within the Church about the perceived lack of specificity in Pope Francis’ encyclical Amoris Laetitia. This was the […]

THE Catholic Church in Australia observes the first Sunday in July as Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Sunday. We acknowledge the traditional owners of this land. The Jubilee Year of […]

   An extract from the joint statement from the Catholic Bishops of Australia. AUSTRALIANS are again going to the polls. We do so thankful that the electoral process will be […]

TO help us to like him, God pours the special gift of the Holy Spirit into our hearts. This gives us the power to be merciful. If we think of […]