Tag: Catholic

Other people are not the bug in our salvation; they’re the feature, says Philippa Martyr.

Consistency matters in sport and in faith. A team cannot rely on one brilliant performance to become a premiership contender, just as a person cannot rely on one great act of love or mercy to become holy.

A new report from Study Group 9 of the Synod on Synodality has prompted debate over how the church should approach questions of doctrine, pastoral care and same-sex attraction.

As the church prepares to mark the Sixth World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly on 26 July, the first with a theme chosen by Pope Leo XIV, one south-west Sydney parish shows what it looks like to take the Holy Father at his word: “I will never forget you.”

Sunday Mass is the foundation of Catholic life, but every baptised person is also called to holiness and to bring Christ's light into the world.

As Sydney's faith renewal continues, Pope Leo XIV's 'Magnifica Humanitas' reminds us true human flourishing comes in God alone.

A South Coast family has entered the Catholic Church this Easter after a life-changing diagnosis led them to surrender to God and discover the faith together.

Each year the Rite of Election makes visible what is usually hidden; an awakening that draws people into communion with Christ and his church.

What’s the best way to begin Lent? By letting go of some of our expectations, says Philippa Martyr

You've written about the apparitions in 1925 to Lucy of Fatima, but you didn’t say anything about her being a nun. When did she become a nun and what do we know about her life after 1925? 

I always thought the Holy House of Loreto where the Annunciation took place, was the house of the Holy Family, but now you say it was the house of Sts Joachim and Anne. Do we know anything about the house in Nazareth where the Holy Family lived after Jesus was born?

Those who find their way to the Farm at Galong, the residential program for women recovering from substance misuse and domestic violence, provide a great lesson to Catholics on the godless condition of the modern world.