Tag: Bishops

During a recent visit to South Lebanon, Bishop Antoine-Charbel Tarabay witnessed both the devastation of war and the enduring hope inspired by Christian charity.

The world’s Catholic bishops are required by canon law to visit Rome every five years to meet with the pope and pray at the tombs of the apostles Peter and Paul.

Why do we have bishops in the Catholic church? Because Jesus appointed them – the “overseers” or episkopoi in the early church. What some Catholics – and some bishops – don’t seem to realise is that there are limits to what a bishop can and can’t do in his own diocese.

China and the Vatican have agreed to extend the agreement on the appointment of bishops for another four years. The announcement was made public by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian.

This is a book for bishops. I am one bishop who is grateful to have read it. It was a very beneficial source for personal reflection and offered much to ponder both from history and from current experience.

Last week’s column on how the Catholics in Australia survey participants rated the Australian bishops’ leadership touched a nerve. The Catholic Weekly’s Facebook page got...

One of the reasons I love doing research is that you find things out, and you can measure them. Sometimes you find things out...

Mary Magdalene was saved because she loved very much, a love so extraordinary that it is recorded in the Holy Scriptures. Her name is mentioned...

Australia's newest bishop rejects mere bureaucratic role, commits himself to bringing Jesus to the Church's flock at the grassroots.

Some Catholics starve to hear their shepherd's voice When Christ told the people that the sheep would know the shepherd's voice, it carried with it...

In my other life I teach something called ‘Social Responsibility in Action’, where I give a couple of lectures on whistleblowing. So I was very...

This does not give us an anaesthetic from our pain or a type of cocky remoteness from tribulations of the world- but it does unite us in hopeful solidarity while “in exile” with the Christ-focussed and grace-filled strength and love of the faithful Mother of the Covenant, Mary of Nazareth.