Tag: Catholicism

The Archdiocese of Paris is launching a major churchwide council in response to a surge in adult and youth conversions across France.

Catholicism has waned in Latin America over the past decade, with more individuals foregoing religious affiliation – although belief in God remains "high across the region," according to a new report.

A new survey shows young adults are the most engaged in the Latin Church in the US – but the dynamic is "fragile," and questions of leaving the church persist.

I have a friend with three school-age children whose marriage is not going well, and her husband wants a divorce. How can I tell her that, apart from other considerations, this may have serious consequences for their children?

I have Catholic friends – both men and women, younger and older - and I’m worried about some of them. It’s the conspiracy theories. But I’ve realised now that the ones caught up in this are suffering in some way.

Dr Jeff Kildea, an honorary professor in Irish studies at the University of New South Wales and author of Tearing the Fabric: Sectarianism in Australia 1910-1925, recently gave a lecture in Sydney to the Catenians and the St Thomas More Society on five astonishingly controversial cases.

More than 80 Catholic allied health professionals gathered simultaneously at one of four Australian locations for a spiritually rich and professionally grounding retreat titled ‘Hope in the Imago Dei.’

As Kylie Beatson stood in front of a packed Moorebank parish with her husband Shane and two youngest teens, about to enter the Catholic Church, she couldn’t help but joyfully ponder on the journey that led her there. This Joy was more than a feeling; it was a bookend to her conversion story that began as a seed in the Great Jubilee of 2000 and eventually came to fruition in the most unexpected way in the Jubilee Year of Hope in 2025.

Over the course of seven years in the media industry, Natalie Dagher has always let her passion for writing guide her towards her next project which has led her to her first children's book.

Sub-Saharan Africa has replaced Europe as the focus for the world's Christians, due to both higher birthrates and Western Europe's "widespread Christian disaffiliation"

A video of Brazilian nuns beatboxing and dancing hip-hop, a scene taken from a local TV show and defined by celebrities like Whoopi Goldberg as "a real life 'Sister Act,'" went viral on 28 May, with millions of views all over the world.

In a compelling address to the Catholic Business Network, Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP revealed that a "quiet revival" of Catholic faith is underway across Sydney and beyond, challenging popular narratives of religious decline.