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When children are baptised, their parents and the church are giving them the greatest gift ever: the gift of faith, Pope Francis said before baptising 21 infants in the Sistine Chapel.

Conclave is a movie which seems to be aimed at showing mainstream audiences the inner workings of the cardinals and the process through which a pope is elected. There’s one big issue with it: Conclave does not care to appeal to those most likely to already be familiar with the subject matter.

In approaching the comic adventure "Sonic the Hedgehog 3" (Paramount), viewers will likely be expecting to witness more of the hyperkinetic antics that are the trademark of the Sega video game-based characters around whom the franchise is built. What they may not be bargaining for are complex layers of emotional pain.

This is the edited text for the Homily for the Solemn Mass for the Opening of the Jubilee Year 2025, Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph (Year C), at St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, 29 December 2024.

If we are to make any firm resolutions this new year, let us begin with one. To pray. As Catholics, prayer must be our way of life.

Fr Flader answers a question on whether or not God wold have become incarnate if Adam and Eve had not sinned.

Just days into the New Year, hundreds of men from across Sydney took to their knees to pray for their families and communities in the First Saturday devotion of the year.

Sr M Olivia, once a promising junior tennis star, left her professional career at 22, choosing a different path God was calling her to.

Celebrating Christmas Mass after opening the Holy Year 2025, Pope Francis said the birth of Jesus fills Christians with hope and the courage to work for peace and justice.

Every day until the end of January Sydney Catholics have an opportunity to experience a magnificent nativity at Our Lady of Fatima church in Caringbah.

2024 Christmas Message of Bishop Antoine-Charbel Tarabay, Maronite Bishop of Australia, New Zealand and Oceania.

Christmas is more than a day, albeit an important one—it’s the beginning of a season that lasts 12 whole days, hence the popular Christmas carol. Here are twelve ways, over twelve days, to celebrate Christ’s birth.