This year, when you walk the streets of Sydney surrounded by the voices of nearly 20,000 Catholics proclaiming their faith at the Walk with Christ procession, take note of the ‘invisible army’ forming the ‘human wall’ at the front of the procession or handing out booklets and directing traffic, working tirelessly behind the scenes.
This year, when you walk the streets of Sydney surrounded by the voices of nearly 20,000 Catholics proclaiming their faith at the Walk with Christ procession, take note of the ‘invisible army’ forming the ‘human wall’ at the front of the procession or handing out booklets and directing traffic, working tirelessly behind the scenes.
Once an aeronautical engineer in Egypt, Fr Tadros El-Bakhoumi OAM’s career took flight when he stepped away from aircraft and into service for inmates, so much...
The is the edited text for the homily for the Mass of ordination to the episcopate of Most Reverend Peter Murphy and installation as 11th bishop of Armidale at the Cathedral of Sts Mary and Joseph, Armidale, Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompei, 8 May 2025.
Having explored the heavenly direction of the opening petitions of the “Our Father” in Syriac, we now reach the turning point of the prayer, the point where the divine descent meets our human need.
To be a Christian is to "walk with Christ." As the great Australian poet, Catholic convert and brilliant hymnist James McAuley wrote, Christ is indeed "our star, our map, our road."
The Jubilee of Jesus is eternal, and we can always experience God’s forgiveness through the Sacrament of Reconciliation. So why do we need a special Jubilee...